Eight Steps to the Beat

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1940

Production year

1940

Runtime

6 min

Director

Elmar Klos

Category

film

Genre

promotional

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Osm kroků v taktu

Czech title

Osm kroků v taktu

English title

Eight Steps to the Beat

Protectorate parallel title

Acht Schritte im Takt

Synopsis

A man with a cold puts drops of medicine into a glass. On the wall hangs a picture of a snowy landscape. The gloomy man is suddenly disturbed by a knock at the door. A little girl is standing outside but he drives her away. He picks up the flowers she had dropped. The rhythmical sound of tap-dancing can be heard outside the window. Even the postman who brings the man a parcel, is tap-dancing. The parcel contains spring shoes. The man opens the window and sees that spring has arrived. The winter scene in the painting has transformed itself into a spring landscape. The postman and two girls sing happily together. This advertising film promotes Baťa's spring shoe collection for the year 1941.

Crew and creators

Director

Elmar Klos

Director of Photography

Bohumil Košťál

Sound Designer

František Pilát

Production Manager

Ladislav Kolda

Music

Music Composed by

Miloš Smatek

Music Performed by

Slavíkův jazzový orchestr

Songs

Kdo to ví, co to klepá

Production info

Original Title

Osm kroků v taktu

Czech Title

Osm kroků v taktu

English Title

Eight Steps to the Beat

Protectorate Parallel Title

Acht Schritte im Takt

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1940

Production Year

1940

Production specifications

date of censorship 04/1940
withdrawal from distribution 04/1945

Premiere

premiere 04/1940 /suitable for youths/

Production

Bapoz

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Laboratories

Bapoz Zlín

Distribution

Bapoz

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

6 min

Original length in metres

165 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