Midnight Dream

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1942

Production year

1942

Runtime

5 min

Category

film

Genre

promotional

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Půlnoční sen

Czech title

Půlnoční sen

English title

Midnight Dream

Protectorate parallel title

Mitternachtstraum

Synopsis

The film tells of the dream which a night porter has while on duty in the ARA department store - the advertising mannequins come to life at midnight and dance round the individual departments. This is a promotional film for the ARA department store.

Cast

Theodor Pištěk

noční vrátný

Boris Milec

manekýn

Baletní soubor Kohoutova divadla

figuríny

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Přemysl Povondra, Z. Fišer

Screenplay

F. X. Svoboda

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Fiala

Production info

Original Title

Půlnoční sen

Czech Title

Půlnoční sen

English Title

Midnight Dream

Protectorate Parallel Title

Mitternachtstraum

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

promotional

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1942

Production Year

1942

Production specifications

date of censorship 8 October 1942
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945

Premiere

premiere 10/1942 /suitable for youths/

Production

Baalfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Baalfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

5 min

Original length in metres

124 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech, German