Children to Order
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1938Production year
1938Premiere
25 March 1938Runtime
76 minDirector
Čeněk ŠléglCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Děti na zakázkuCzech title
Děti na zakázkuEnglish title
Children to OrderProtectorate parallel title
Kinder auf BestellungSynopsis
Matys the dentist employs two laboratory assistants, the brothers Alois and Benjamin Zoubek. With Matys lives his widowed step-father, the retired chief forester Václav Bezdětek, and he has four young children, so the laboratory assistants sometimes also work as child minders. They would like to see young Matys married but know that first of all they will have to find a new wife for old Bezdětek. All the men are annoyed by a radio broadcast of a speech by a feminist by the name of Marta Kočová who rails against men for making women serve them and give birth "to order". The speaker turns out to be an attractive young woman who falls for Matys and changes her views. Marta's widowed mother may only remarry once Marta has married, according to the terms of the late husband's will, otherwise she will lose her inheritance of one hundred thousand crowns. Mrs Kočová falls for Mr Bezdětek, who is eager to marry. But then Mrs Kočová discovers that Bezdětek actually has children, a fact he had concealed from her. The two women are offended. The children then all get lost and the search for them brings the two sides together. A double wedding takes place, with Marta marrying first so that Mrs Kočová can get her inheritance.
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Cast
Gustav Nezval
MUDr. Karel Matys, nevlastní Bezdětkův syn
Theodor Pištěk
lesní správce v. v. Václav Bezdětek
Zdeňka Baldová
majitelka obchodu Josefína Kočová
Hana Vítová
Marta, dcera Kočové
Jindřich Plachta
zubní technik Benjamin Zoubek
Ladislav Pešek
zubní technik Alois Zoubek
Jaroslav Marvan
notář Pavlík
Josef Příhoda
komediant
Ella Nollová
komediantka
Marie Blažková
teta Kroužilka
Bolek Prchal
cirkusák
Karel Němec
cirkusák
Václav Menger
cirkusák
František Velebný
pacient MUDr. Matyse
Antonín Drvota
pacient MUDr. Matyse
Jarmila Šmídová
členka ženského sdružení
Karel Postranecký
oddávající úředník
F. X. Mlejnek
muž s bolavým zubem
Jindra Hermanová
zákaznice v dámském salónu
František Plodr
mlékař
Marie Nademlejnská
vdavekchtivá žena
Eliška Jílková
vdavekchtivá žena
Blažena Čechová
vdavekchtivá žena
Míla Kočová
vdavekchtivá žena
Robert Vyhlídka
kamelot
Viktor Socha
vrchní ve vinárně
Vladimír Jedlička
nejstarší Bezdětkův synek
František Malý
host ve vinárně
František Beranský
host ve vinárně
Antonín Streit
host ve vinárně
Jiří Hron
host ve vinárně
Jiří Schreinzer
host ve vinárně
Milada Kramperová
členka ženského sdružení
Blanka Šléglová
komorná Mařenka
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Stelibský)
Songs
Pojďte si hrát, dětičky (dětský foxtrot)
Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Karel Melíšek
Singer Ladislav Pešek
Zvonilo klekání /Zvoňte klekání/ (myslivecko-latinský valčík)
Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Karel Melíšek
Singer sbor
Živijó, živijó
Singer sbor
Zelení hájové
Šly panenky silnicí
Production info
Original Title
Děti na zakázku
Czech Title
Děti na zakázku
English Title
Children to Order
Protectorate Parallel Title
Kinder auf Bestellung
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1938
Production Year
1938
Production specifications
date of censorship 03/1938
start of filming 7 March 1938
end of filming 15 March 1938
date of censorship 11/1939
date of censorship 01/1940 (konec povolení k promítání 31. 3. 1942)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere 25 March 1938 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Letka /1½ týdne/ a Máj /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
76 min
Original length in metres
2 155 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
