Honeymoon Journey

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1938

Production year

1938

Premiere

28 October 1938

Runtime

92 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Svatební cesta

Czech title

Svatební cesta

English title

Honeymoon Journey

Protectorate parallel title

Die Hochzeitsreise

Synopsis

Helena Frýdlová is getting ready for her wedding. Her husband-to-be, the kind but earnest professor Artur Čejka, takes a walk the evening before the wedding day. On the river bank he stops a young woman from committing suicide. The woman, Káťa Holanová, is an actress unable to find work and now without a penny to her name. After the wedding ceremony Mr and Mrs Čejka go on their honeymoon by train. On the train Čejka again meets Káťa, who is travelling without a ticket and asks him to buy her one. He gets off with her briefly at Brno station but the train suddenly leaves without them. Helena cannot understand what has happened, but since she is facing an evening with relatives in Bratislava, she asks a fellow passenger, a young sportsman called Evžen Gregor, to pose as her husband for one evening. They take a room in a hotel, Gregor checking in under the name of Čejka. Artur and Káťa then arrive and the misunderstanding is cleared up. Helena and Káťa become friends. Artur now has to pretend to be Gregor, which leads to many problems. After spending the evening together, Evžen and Káťa become close. Gregor's father, director of a theatre, offers Káťa work and his son offers Káťa marriage.

Cast

Eva Gerová

Helena Čejková rozená Frýdlová

Růžena Šlemrová

Helenina matka

Adina Mandlová

herečka Káťa Holanová

František Krištof-Veselý

profesor Artur Čejka

Marie Ptáková

Blažková, Čejkova bytná

Stanislav Strnad

mistr šermu Evžen Gregor

Jan W. Speerger

strýc Petr

Milada Gampeová

teta Emilie

František Paul

Tonelli, učitel šermu

Karel Postranecký

vrchní číšník v hotelu Carlton

Vladimír Pospíšil-Born

Lorenz, ředitel hotelu Carlton

Václav Piskáček

Richard, portýr v hotelu Carlton

Vladimír Štros

průvodčí ve vlaku

Marie Přikrylová

pasažérka ve vlaku

Josef Steigl

spící pasažér

Jan Černý

železničář v Brně

Miroslav Kryštof-Kutina

Jiří, Čejkův příbuzný

Drahomíra Hůrková

služka Věra Rohlíčková

Robert Ford

ředitel Velké zpěvohry Gregor, Evženův otec

Josef Bělský

tajemník Velké zpěvohry Mudroch

Miloš Šubrt

divadelní sluha

Josef Kotalík

strýc Karel, host na svatební hostině

L. Procházková

host na svatební hostině

Oldřich Kovář

herec Velké zpěvohry

Lída Klímová

herečka Velké zpěvohry

Josef Kobík

hotelový holič

Ada Dohnal

vrchní číšník Ferdinand

Lída Slavínská

host v hotelu

Marie Špičková

host v hotelu

Jiřina Hladíková

host v hotelu

Jana Romanová

přítelkyně Heleny u vlaku v Břeclavi

Marie Geblerová

přítelkyně Heleny u vlaku v Břeclavi

Jaroslav Bráška

divák ve Velké zpěvohře

Viktor Socha

číšník

M. Barešová

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Antonín Kubový

Director of Photography

Jan Roth

Production Designer

Štěpán Kopecký

Film Editor

Antonín Zelenka

Sound Designer

Josef Zora

Production Manager

Jan Sinnreich

Cooperation

Willy Ströminger (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Luděk Pacák

Music Performed by

Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef DobešLuděk Pacák)

Songs

Balalajko, zpívej

Singer Adina Mandlová

U našich kasáren

Singer Adina Mandlová

Production info

Original Title

Svatební cesta

Czech Title

Svatební cesta

English Title

Honeymoon Journey

Protectorate Parallel Title

Die Hochzeitsreise

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1938

Production Year

1938

Production specifications

start of filming 16 August 1938
end of filming 5 September 1938
date of censorship 10/1938
date of censorship 11/1939
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945

Premiere

premiere 28 October 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Máj /2 týdny/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)

Production

Slavia-film

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Slavia-film

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

92 min

Original length in metres

2 630 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech