A Woman as Good as Her Word
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1952Production year
1952Premiere
29 May 1953Runtime
85 minDirector
Jaroslav MachCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Slovo dělá ženuCzech title
Slovo dělá ženuEnglish title
A Woman as Good as Her WordWorking title
Závod vedou ženySynopsis
Innovator Ludvík Zach from the United Machine Works is convinced that women lack a "technical brain". When he meets Jarmila Svátková on the plane on his way back from a conference, seeing that she reads and writes poems he considers her a writer. She, however, is a turner in the same factory in which Zach works. Jarmila and Zach like each other but various working obligations always stand between them. Zach is finishing mounting a screw-driving machine and Jarmila works on models for a dishwasher in engineer Maria's team of women. The ignored women want to prove they can match the men and they promise to do this. The men, on the other hand, go about doing housework to prove that looking after the family is an easy job. But neither men nor women fully keep their promises. The women gladly accept the men's help in the final phase of the work on the dishwasher and the men admit to the difficulty of housework. Zach is also healed of his prejudice concerning female intellect. He comes to an agreement with Jarmila not only in the problematic questions of female emancipation but also in their emotional relationship.
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Cast
Oldřich Nový
zlepšovatel Ludvík Zach
Jiřina Steimarová
soustružnice Jarmila Svátková
Jaromír Spal
Jirka Zach, Ludvíkův synovec
Alena Kreuzmannová
elektromechanička a plavkyně Božena Kabíčková
Antonín Holzinger
soustružník a dirigent Alois Kalous
Taťána Vavřincová
Ing. Marie Vaňková
František Paul
dělník František Jakubec
Nelly Gaierová
Růženka, Jakubcova žena
Rudolf Deyl ml.
elektromechanik a dirigent Franta
Vladimír Leraus
podnikový ředitel
František Kreuzmann
vedoucí výroby Bertík Koudela
Fanda Mrázek
zámečník
Dagmar Sedláčková
posluchačka v rozhlasovém studiu
Emil Kavan
předseda závodní rady
Emil Bolek
vedoucí sběrny oprav Hlouzka
Miloš Vavruška
dělník a muzikant
J. O. Martin
železniční ředitel
Hermína Vojtová
Kalousova žena
Marie Blažková
posluchačka v rozhlasovém studiu
Blažena Slavíčková
zákaznice v opravně
Antonín Soukup
cestující v letadle
Kamila Moučková
servírka v Mánesu
Milivoj Uzelac
dirigent ve Smetanově divadle
Věra Koktová
dělnice Vlasta
Ada Dohnal
vrátný v továrně
Robert Morávek
redaktor rozhlasu
Anna Kadeřábková
strojvůdkyně Prokopová
Dagmar Kmínková
úřednice
Štěpán Bulejko
pilot
Rudolf Kutílek
rozhlasový hlasatel
František Miroslav Doubrava
člen orchestru
Meda Valentová
Bertíkova žena
Libuše Zemková
hlasatelka závodního rozhlasu
Miloš Forman
mladý dělník
Josef Steigl
host v Mánesu
Věra Váchová
host v Mánesu
Jindřich Doležal
člen závodní rady
Arnošt Mirský
cestující v autobuse
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Ing. František Měchura, Ing. Arnošt Suske
Cooperation
Oldřich Nový (umělecká spolupráce)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Josef Suk (Píseň lásky)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Songs
Pochod novátorů /Nad muže není/
Song Composer Julius Kalaš
Writer of Lyrics František KožíkMarie Dušková (2)Oldřich Nový
Singer Oldřich Novýsoubor Rudého práva Mladá svoboda
Děvčátko zpívej, zatoč se v tanci dokola
Singer soubor Rudého práva Mladá svoboda
Production info
Original Title
Slovo dělá ženu
Czech Title
Slovo dělá ženu
English Title
A Woman as Good as Her Word
Working Title
Závod vedou ženy
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1952
Production Year
1952
Production specifications
start of filming 18 May 1952
the first film copy approved 31 December 1952
date of censorship 7 January 1953 (konec povolení k promítání 7. 1. 1958)
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1975
Premiere
premiere 29 May 1953 /suitable for youths/ (kina Blaník /4 týdny/, Lucerna /4 týdny/ a Kyjev /1 týden od 5. 6./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Oldřicha Nového (vývoj scénáře), Oldřich Nový (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
85 min
Original length in metres
2 413 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
