Skill of Gold
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1942Production year
1942Premiere
7 February 1943Runtime
91 minDirector
Vladimír SlavínskýCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Zlaté dnoCzech title
Zlaté dnoEnglish title
Skill of GoldProtectorate parallel title
Goldener BodenSynopsis
Stationer Cyril Putička diligently works his small shop. Alone he has successfully raised two sons, today civil engineers, and a daughter, Konstantina. His children persuade him to go to Prague, where he will be able to enjoy a much deserved retirement in a modernly furnished apartment. Because Konstantina would like to marry the son of a banker, her father eventually agrees. But the children already have their own lives and the active Putička is extremely bored. Therefore he finds a position as an assistant in a stationary shop belonging to the young widow Jarmila Valentová. Through his know-how he helps improve her business. His sons, who have in vain impeded him from an "undignified" profession, part with him on bitter terms. After a while Putička and Jarmila get married and set up several branch companies. After five years Putička's children, who in the meantime have foundered in business and marriage, come to him in contrition. Their father and Jarmila accept them kindly and they look after their new future.
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Cast
Vlasta Burian
papírník Cyril Putička
Věra Ferbasová
Konstantina, Putičkova dcera
Raoul Schránil
Ing. Vilém Putička, syn
Antonín Streit
Ing. Jaroslav Putička, syn
Zita Kabátová
majitelka papírnictví Jarmila Valentová
Jaroslav Marvan
kupec Josef Neškudla
Antonie Langrová
Neškudlova manželka Emilka
Antonín Strnad
prezident banky dr. Karviš
Růžena Šlemrová
Luisa Karvišová, žena prezidenta banky
Vilém Pruner
dr. Richard Karviš, syn prezidenta banky a snoubenec Konstantiny
Marie Ptáková
hospodyně Fanynka
Marie Blažková
hospodyně Růženka
Antonín Brož
Putičkův nástupce J. Nový
Rudolf Deyl ml.
příručí v papírnictví
František Filipovský
lékař
Vladimír Pospíšil-Born
baron Leopold Ripanský
Vladimír Salač
sextán Ježek
Zdeněk Šavrda
obchodvedoucí Cibulka
Jiří Vondrovič
prodavač
Dagmar Lehovcová
písařka na stroji
Alena Hajdová
holčička-zákaznice
Bohumil Langer
chodec
Bedřich Ulrych
host u Karvišů
Jindra Hermanová
Kryštofová
Karel Kolár
rada Domanský
Marie Vildová
manželka Domanského
Vladimír Růžička
sluha
Květa Nechvátalová
Věra, Vilémova manželka
Antonín Mikulič
kluk-zákazník
Vladimír Jedlička
kluk-zákazník
Jaroslav Hladík
zákazník
Eva Bartáková
dítě v papírnictví
Jindřich Láznička
host u Karvišů
Jiří Krchňavý
kluk-zákazník
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Augustin Sedláček
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Oldřich Papež, Vilém Brož (ředitel výroby)
Consultant
Jan Wenig (jazykový poradce)
Cooperation
Antonín Frič (fotograf), Karel Hájek (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr F.O.K. (Music Conducted by Josef Dobeš)
Production info
Original Title
Zlaté dno
Czech Title
Zlaté dno
English Title
Skill of Gold
Protectorate Parallel Title
Goldener Boden
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1942
Production Year
1942
Production specifications
start of filming 5 October 1942
end of filming 15 November 1942
date of censorship 15 December 1942 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“)
date of censorship 13 January 1945 (predikát „uznáníhodný film“ /16mm verze/)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere 7 February 1943 /suitable for youths/ (kina Adria /3 týdny/, Kapitol /3 týdny/ a Lucerna /3 týdny/, Praha)
renewed premiere 01/1945 /suitable for youths/ (16mm verze)
Production
With support
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Lucernafilm (původní 1943), ČMÚ (obnovená 1945 /16mm verze/)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
91 min
Original length in metres
2 584 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 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
