Today at Half Past Ten
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1949Production year
1949Premiere
25 November 1949Runtime
84 minDirector
Jiří SlavíčekCategory
filmGenre
drama, crimeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Dnes o půl jedenáctéCzech title
Dnes o půl jedenáctéEnglish title
Today at Half Past TenWorking title
Betonová pastSynopsis
Shortly after the end of the Second World War. The whole country is striving to recover its economic life, but in some places there really seems to be a hitch. For example, on the construction site of the Koudelák company, nothing is quite as it should be. The assistant Beránek is warning the owner of the construction company that the building they are working on is not safe enough. He discusses the irregularities at the construction site with Koudelák's daughter Alena, whom he takes to a dancing party to celebrate his birthday. But Alena doesn't want to hear about it. The next day, Beránek is found lying unconscious in the light shaft of the house in which Alena lives, as does the foreman Klimeš with whom Beránek had a fight over the work. Beránek dies on the way to the hospital. His murder is being investigated by criminologists Zouplna and Šimák, who is a specialist in the black market. Several people are suspected of murder: foreman Klimeš, black marketer Matuška, Alena, and her beloved Bártl. But Šimák discovers a different murderer. He invites everyone involved to the construction site that evening and there reveals the real killer - the building contractor Koudelák.
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Cast
Vladimír Šmeral
detektiv Šimák
Josef Beyvl
vrchní inspektor Zouplna
Karel Pavlík
stavitel Arnošt Koudelák
Marie Kautská
Alena, Koudelákova dcera
František Holar
Bartl, Alenin přítel
Josef Maršálek
asistent František Beránek
Oldřich Vykypěl
polír M. Klimeš
Běla Jurdová
Klimešova žena
František Klika
obchodník Josef Matuška
Viktor Očásek
hostinský
Irena Bernátová
úřednice na stavebním referátě
Jiřina Bílá
Koudelákova sekretářka
Emil Kavan
stavební referent Kovanda
Miloš Hájek
ředitel Malomostecké cementárny
Jindra Hermanová
zákaznice u Matušky
Jan S. Kolár
továrník
Josef Hořánek
pacient
Viktor Nejedlý
vrátný Paroubek
Miroslav Svoboda
muž v nepromokavém plášti
Jan W. Speerger
řidič Karel
Josef Balda
domovník Lavička
Deyl Rudolf ml.
tajný policista Skopal
Zlatomír Vacek
dělník
Vojta Plachý-Tůma
MUDr. Motal, majitel sanatoria
Ladislav Sedláček
pacient
Pavel Spálený
pacient
Felix Prédl
pacient
Jaroslav Orlický
lékař
Marie Waltrová
Matušková žena
Zdeněk Šavrda
telefonní montér
Miroslav Abrahám
strážník
Arnošt Mirský
dělník
Zdeňka Balounová
zdravotní sestra v nemocnici
Anna Kubalová
sousedka
Emil Dlesk
host u baru
Marie Vildová
žena u stolu na slavnosti
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Miloslav Drtílek, Lubomír Možný, Jiří Sequens, Roman Hlaváč, Jiří Slavíček
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Production info
Original Title
Dnes o půl jedenácté
Czech Title
Dnes o půl jedenácté
English Title
Today at Half Past Ten
Working Title
Betonová past
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1949
Production Year
1949
Production specifications
date of censorship 14 October 1949 (konec povolení k promítání 14. 10. 1954)
withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1976
Premiere
premiere 25 November 1949 /suitable for youths/ (kino Alfa /4 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
VIII. tvůrčí kolektiv Vladimíra Kabelíka, Vladimír Kabelík (vedoucí VIII. tvůrčího kolektivu)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 406 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
