Three Buttons
Category
filmGenre
educational, instructionalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Tři knoflíkyCzech title
Tři knoflíkyEnglish title
Three ButtonsProtectorate parallel title
Drei KnöpfeSynopsis
One night Karel Pinc returns from a night on the town. His room-mate, the musician Ferda, gets back even later, drunk. Together they mirthfully recall how Karel cut three buttons off the councillor's coat without him knowing. Karel, a salesman in a men's clothing shop, does not get to work in good shape. But he nevertheless tells his boss that one day he will take over the shop from him. The older man points out how much Karel still has to learn. Karel must realise, he says, that he represents the business even outside working hours. That means he will dress smartly and will not talk slightingly of the things he sells. Also his behaviour with his girlfriend is not in order. Karel is ashamed of his mistakes. Finally he creeps into the cafe cloakroom and sews the buttons back onto the councillor's coat.
Note
The filming started in autumn 1943. The negative of the finished film was burnt during a fire at the laboratories in February 1944. It was filmed again in October 1944. The film was meant only for closed film performances in the Baťa companies.
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Cast
Miloš Steimar
prodavač Karel Pinc
František Šlégr
majitel obchodu Tlapák
František Klika
rada
Eduard Dubský
muzikant Ferda Zmatlík
Anděla Novotná
šatnářka Plačková
Zuzana Danielová
Emilka, Karlova dívka
Josef Beyvl
dělník
Josef Karel
Oskar Linhart
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Tři knoflíky
Czech Title
Tři knoflíky
English Title
Three Buttons
Protectorate Parallel Title
Drei Knöpfe
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
educational, instructional
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1944
Production Year
1943—1944
Production specifications
date of censorship 22 February 1945 (bez predikátu /pouze pro uzavřená představení podniků Baťa/)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945
Premiere
premiere 02/1945 /suitable for youths/ (pouze pro uzavřená představení podniků Baťa)
Production
ČMÚ, Bapoz Zlín (zadavatel)
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
29 min
Original length in metres
820 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
