I'll Give My Wife in Marriage
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1941Production year
1941Premiere
8 August 1941Runtime
86 minDirector
Miroslav CikánCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Provdám svou ženuCzech title
Provdám svou ženuEnglish title
I'll Give My Wife in MarriageProtectorate parallel title
Ich verheirate meine FrauSynopsis
The soubrette Lucy is not cast for the main role in a "An Intimate Operetta", as she had hoped. She takes offence and decides to go back to her husband, Associate Professor Blahomrav Ducánek whom she had abandoned seven years before to be with her lover. Ducánek had come to terms with this a long time before and now only lives for his scientific work. He is trying to retrain a carnivorous plant to be a vegetarian. His work is a great success and so he invites his friend Potužník, a botanist and confirmed bachelor, to dinner. Lucy, who has burst in on Ducánek's quiet lifestyle, might cause a rift between the old friends so he decides to seek out her former lover, baron Studený, hoping that the latter will take her away with him. He has no idea that the banker Merhaut, a widower who has fallen in love with the soubrette, has been trying to find his wife. Even though Ducánek turns every situation into chaos, everything turns out well in the end. Merhaut asks for his wife's hand and Ducánek gleefully agrees to the marriage.
Note
The first performance of the film was held on the 29th of July 1941 on festival Filmové žně in Zlín.
Photos
Cast
Vlasta Burian
soukromý docent botaniky Blahomrav Ducánek
Zita Kabátová
operetní hvězda Marion, žena rady Vavřína
Světla Svozilová
operetní diva Lucy, Ducánkova žena
Jaroslav Marvan
generální ředitel Kamil Merhaut
Věra Ferbasová
Dagmar, Merhautova dcera
Čeněk Šlégl
baron Hypolit Studený, nápadník Dagmary
Raoul Schránil
dirigent Intimní operety Jarka Aleš
Ladislav Hemmer
ředitel Intimní operety
Miloš Nedbal
profesor Potužník, vědec
Marie Blažková
Veronika Pospíšilová, hospodyně u Ducánků
Marie Norrová
komorná u Merhautů Marta
Stanislav Neumann
vrátný Havrda
Václav Trégl
Ducánkův soused
František Filipovský
krejčí Zmatlík
Jana Romanová
garderobiérka Berta
Josef Kemr
poslíček z květinářství
Antonín Zacpal
asistent profesora Potužníka
Karel Němec
doručovatel
Bolek Prchal
policejní inspektor
Rudolf Princ
strážník
Ada Dohnal
řidič ředitele Merhauta
Ladislav Janeček
lékař
Miloš Šubrt
zahradník
Karel Máj
posluha
Jiří Vondrovič
operetní herec
Vladimír Salač
pikolík
Bohuslav Kupšovský
inspicient
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Jindřich Hořejší (Provdám svou ženu – divadelní hra), Julius Lébl (Provdám svou ženu – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Jan Wenig (jazykový poradce)
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Stelibský)
Songs
Tak velká láska /To už je zbožňování/ (slowfox)
Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlKarel Melíšek
Singer Zita KabátováJana Romanová [dab]Slávka ProcházkováBohuslav KupšovskýVladimír Salač [dab]sbor
Annie (foxtrot)
Song Composer Josef Stelibský
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav MottlKarel Melíšek
Singer Jiří Vondrovič [dab]Oldřich Kovář
Production info
Original Title
Provdám svou ženu
Czech Title
Provdám svou ženu
English Title
I'll Give My Wife in Marriage
Protectorate Parallel Title
Ich verheirate meine Frau
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1941
Production Year
1941
Production specifications
start of filming 19 April 1941
end of filming 05/1941
date of censorship 8 July 1941 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
festival premiere 29 July 1941 (2. Filmové žně 1941 Zlín)
premiere 8 August 1941 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Adrie /3 týdny/ a Blaník /3 týdny/, Praha)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 458 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 2. Filmové žně 1941 Zlín
1941
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Tobis
