Window to Heaven
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1940Production year
1940Premiere
19 April 1940Runtime
96 minDirector
Gina HašlerCategory
filmGenre
music, comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Okénko do nebeCzech title
Okénko do nebeEnglish title
Window to HeavenProtectorate parallel title
Das HimmelsfensterchenSynopsis
Two young men, a composer and writer, decide to find them a wife. They put in a classified advertisement and the first chooses a philosopher, the second a journalist. Both couples get on very well with each other and they all decide to organise a joint wedding and subsequently move in together. At first things go satisfactorily but soon the women begin to find fault with each other which also causes rifts between their partners. When the two men stop working together - one writing music, the other writing lyrics - they all find themselves in financial crisis. They are visited by the owner of a duck farm who had previously negotiated with them to write a hit for his firm. When he discovers that the men no longer work together, he finds someone else to accept the commission. It is thanks to this event that the two men, friends for many years, realise that they had been petty and that they're better off settling their differences in order to be able to work together once more.
Photos
Cast
Ladislav Pešek
skladatel Láďa Kristen
Jiří Dohnal
spisovatel Jiří Kavalír
Nataša Gollová
Slávinka Salavová zvaná Inka
Antonie Nedošinská
věštkyně de Thébes, vlastním jménem Kamila Krupičková
Božena Šustrová
studentka filozofie Máša Hálová
Světla Svozilová
Amálie Sýkorová, Mášina teta
Eva Vrchlická ml.
tanečnice Sylva Flori
Theodor Pištěk
majitel kachní farmy Spytihněv Donát
Jindřich Láznička
hodinář F. V. Milerád
Vladimír Řepa
řídící v. v. Amos Salava
Gustav Hilmar
filmový ředitel Gustav Danner
František Kreuzmann
filmový režisér Mojmír Slavík
Géza Fišer-Dubský
barytonista Tino Armandy
Anna Letenská
Hylton-Tichá
Jiřík Chudoba
zázračné dítě Joe Hylton
Stanislav Neumann
šachista mistr J. N. Vyskočil
Jindřich Fiala
kameraman Jan Červený
Jarmila Holmová
filmová herečka
František Paul
vrchní v Hvězdě
Ota Motyčka
vrchní v Šach-mat baru
Václav Pata
číšník v Šach-mat baru
František Černý
účetní pohřebního ústavu Ferdinand Rabas
František Filipovský
Armandyho tajemník
Slávka Rosenbergová
domovnice
Václav Švec
strážník
Jan Černý
člen pěveckého kvarteta
Antonín Zacpal
filmový herec
Jiřina Hladíková
skriptka
Jiří Hron
zvukař v ateliéru
Milka Balek-Brodská
černá dáma v baru
Alois Dvorský
pokladní v novinách
Miloš Liška
žurnalista
František Karhánek
sólový tanečník
Kamil Běhounek
harmonikář
Karel Vlach
houslista
František Hanzlík
basista
Vlastimil Kloc
trumpetista
Leopold Korbař
pianista
Orchestr Karla Vlacha
orchestr
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
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 Miloš Smatek), Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach), Pěvecký sbor Domovina (Music Conducted by Augustýn Vondřich), Kamil Běhounek /akordeon/
Choreographer
Danced by
Songs
V objetí tvém (slowfox)
Song Composer Kamil Běhounek
Writer of Lyrics Karel Kozel
Singer Eva Vrchlická ml. [dab]Zdena Vincíková
Káčata (comedy-fox a swing-fox)
Song Composer Kamil Běhounek
Writer of Lyrics Karel Kozel
Singer Eva Vrchlická ml. [dab]Zdena Vincíková
Píseň práce a mládí
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Writer of Lyrics Felix de la Cámara
Singer Pěvecký sbor Domovina
Cvrček muzikant (swing-fox)
Song Composer Kamil Běhounek
Writer of Lyrics Karel Kozel
Singer Zdena VincíkováSetleři
Píseň voraře /České řeky/
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Writer of Lyrics Karel Baroch
Singer Géza Fišer-Dubský [dab]Karel Leiss
Tango mexicano
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
Taneční fantasie
Song Composer Miloš Smatek
V komoře je myš
Song Composer Kamil Běhounek
Production info
Original Title
Okénko do nebe
Czech Title
Okénko do nebe
English Title
Window to Heaven
Protectorate Parallel Title
Das Himmelsfensterchen
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
music, comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1940
Production Year
1940
Production specifications
start of filming 28 March 1940
end of filming 04/1940
date of censorship 17 April 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
date of censorship po 06/1945 (konec povolení k promítání 1946)
withdrawal from distribution 01/1946
Premiere
premiere 19 April 1940 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /2 týdny/, Hvězda /2 týdny/ a Juliš /2 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere po 06/1945 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Stella (původní 1940), Státní půjčovna filmů (obnovená 1945)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
96 min
Original length in metres
2 723 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, German
