Creditors' Day
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1939Production year
1939Premiere
13 October 1939Runtime
89 minDirector
Gina HašlerCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Svátek věřitelůCzech title
Svátek věřitelůEnglish title
Creditors' DayProtectorate parallel title
Feiertag der GläubigerSynopsis
The lawyer Losman and the banker Hegner have teamed up to commit a big swindle. The banker has bought an oil field, knowing well there is no oil there. Nevertheless he forced many people to buy shares in the enterprise - people who have lost money through his speculations before. Losman assures the shareholders that everything is in order, but in fact he is preparing to declare Hegner's bankruptcy. He also forces shares upon Hegner's ex-wife as compensation for her marriage portion and upon her niece instead of an inheritance from her father. Losman's legal assistant Kolčava, an honourable but naive man, slowly begins to realise how characterless his employer is. The swindlers, hounded by creditors, decide to speed up their operation. Losman gives Kolčava his notice but recommends him as a cashier with Hegner. The banker hands over three million crowns in cash to Kolčava and secretly orders a safebreaker to come and steal the money in a staged robbery. But Kolčava hides the money in a different place. He forces Hegner, who has been tied up by the robber, to sign his agreement to a creditors' meeting at which all the wrongfully gained money will be returned.
Photos
Cast
Jaroslav Marvan
advokát JUDr. Losman
Jindřich Plachta
solicitátor Kolčava
Raoul Schránil
Ing. Menšík
Čeněk Šlégl
bankéř Hegner
Růžena Šlemrová
bývalá Hegnerova žena
Božena Šustrová
Věra Navrátilová, neteř paní Hegnerové
Jarmila Holmová
JUDr. M. Vraná, koncipientka u JUDr. Losmana
L. H. Struna
kasař Tonda Lupínek
Eliška Pleyová
tanečnice Zuzi
František Černý
vinárník Václav Trachta
Stanislav Neumann
krejčí Pavelka
Jindřich Láznička
sluha u Hegnera Souček
Ella Nollová
věřitelka Machačová
Karel Postranecký
vrtmistr Zázvorka
Marie Hrdličková
komorná paní Hegnerové
František Haller
vrchní v baru Hollywood
Vladimír Smíchovský
věřitel
Antonín Jirsa
věřitel
Orchestr R. A. Dvorského
orchestr
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Karel Piskoř (Svátek věřitelů – divadelní hra)
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 Jiří Fiala)
Production info
Original Title
Svátek věřitelů
Czech Title
Svátek věřitelů
English Title
Creditors' Day
Protectorate Parallel Title
Feiertag der Gläubiger
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1939
Production Year
1939
Production specifications
start of filming 21 August 1939
end of filming 09/1939
date of censorship 10/1939
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship 12/1945 (konec povolení k promítání 6. 6. 1947)
withdrawal from distribution 29 May 1947
Premiere
premiere 13 October 1939 /suitable for youths/ (kina Metro /1 týden/ a Světozor /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 11 January 1946 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
AB (původní 1939), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1946)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
89 min
Original length in metres
2 553 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
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Anketa deníku Večer – O nejlepší český film roku 1939 a o nejoblíbenější českou filmovou herečku a herce
1940
Praha / Czechoslovakia
