What to Do with It?
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1955Production year
1955Premiere
14 December 1956Runtime
44 minDirector
Jaromír PleskotCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionmediumOriginal title
Kam s ním?Czech title
Kam s ním?English title
What to Do with It?Synopsis
Fearing an outbreak of cholera a writer decides to put fresh straw in his old straw mattress. The housekeeper Anča buys new straw. She unpicks the material but a problem arises - where can you get rid of old straw in the Lesser Town in the middle of Prague? The bulky refuse cannot be put in a rubbish pit. Even the local rubbish collector declines to help. Anča's attempts to burn the straw end when sparks fly out of the chimney, scattering far and wide. Not even the neighbours, policeman nor porter are able to advise her. Thus the writer makes some cornets through which he intends to inconspicuously dispose of the straw in the streets. Soon it becomes clear, however, that using this method would require several months' work. The situation is finally resolved by the dairymaid who gladly accepts the straw so that she can use it to cover her barn floor.
Photos
Cast
Karel Höger
spisovatel
Jiřina Steimarová
hospodyně Anča
Milka Balek-Brodská
babka s fajfkou
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
panička
Jiřina Bílá
panička
Emil Bolek
kupec
Rudolf Deyl ml.
smetař
Josef Hlinomaz
strážník
Vladimír Klemens
domovník
Adam Novák
chlapec Bohumír Šťastný
Věra Petáková
děvečka
Ludmila Píchová
panička se slunečníkem
J. Procházka
zelinář
Josef Příhoda
posluha
Slávka Rosenbergová
domovnice
Eva Svobodová
mlékařka
L. H. Struna
kočí smetařského vozu
Josef Steigl
domovník
Ferdinand Šafránek
kominík
Josef Vošalík
děda s dlouhou fajfkou
Stella Zázvorková
děvečka
Antonín Soukup
lampář
Ferdinand Jarkovský
zřízenec
Vladimír Bejval
kluk
M. Tišák
kluk
Miloš Kopecký
lepič vyhlášky
Eman Fiala
zahradník
Marie Nademlejnská
nájemnice v šátku
Vladimír Jedenáctík
řezník
Milan Linhart
kluk
Jaruška Linhartová
holčička v kroji
M. Šilhavý
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Jan Neruda (Kam s ním? – fejeton)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Oldřich Šimáček
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Cooperation
Erich Tylínek (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Jaromír Nohejl)
Production info
Original Title
Kam s ním?
Czech Title
Kam s ním?
English Title
What to Do with It?
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1955
Production Year
1955
Production specifications
projection approval 4 July 1956
Premiere
premiere 14 December 1956 /suitable for youths/ (kino Hvězda /2 týdny/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
44 min
Original length in metres
1 243 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
