Even Angels Lose Their Patience

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production year

1949

Runtime

25 min

Category

film

Genre

educational, feuilleton

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost

Czech title

I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost

English title

Even Angels Lose Their Patience

Synopsis

The security official Zábrana is desperate. Every little while, he receives a notification about an injury at work, caused by the workers' lack of discipline. The secretary advises Zábrana to ask the guardian angel for help. The invisible angel really begins to intervene. He gives away different warnings and posters to the people. But they throw his warnings away and the angel is soon tied up with work trying to save the careless people's health, and in many cases even their life. The bricklayer is working on a badly fixed scaffolding. The lady grinder works at the machine with her hair loose and no scarf on. The painter is high up by the window and wears no safety belt. The turner catches the metal chips with his hands and not with the little hook as is recommended. The cabinet-maker's circular saw doesn't have a protection shield. The grinder is not using the goggles. Finally, the angel loses patience and refuses to look after the stupid people. Zábrana's phones start ringing again.

Cast

Rudolf Deyl ml.

referent Zábrana

Vlasta Vlasáková

sekretářka

Jiří Kostka

svářeč Venca

Rudolf Jurda

dělník

Luděk Kopřiva

natěrač Pepík

Oldřich Musil

natěrač v okně

Jiří Adamíra

závozník

Otto Šimánek

soustružník

Ljuba Hušková

šička bez šátku

Miroslav Hedánek

zedník

Mojmír Vyoral

kamarád svářeče

Crew and creators

Screenplay

Ludvík Toman

Director of Photography

Josef Bůžek

Film Editor

Zdeněk Stehlík

Music

Music Composed by

Zdeněk Liška

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)

Production info

Original Title

I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost

Czech Title

I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost

English Title

Even Angels Lose Their Patience

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

educational, feuilleton

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production Year

1949

Production specifications

date of censorship 30 July 1949 (konec povolení k promítání 30. 7. 1954)

Premiere

premiere 10/1949 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

25 min

Original length in metres

700 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