Angel in the Mountains
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1955Production year
1955Premiere
25 November 1955Runtime
91 minDirector
Bořivoj ZemanCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Anděl na horáchCzech title
Anděl na horáchEnglish title
Angel in the MountainsSummary
Following the success of 1952’s Dovolená s Andělem (Holiday with Angel), director Bořivoj Zeman returned to the character of the curmudgeonly ticket inspector Gustav Anděl with this loose 1955 sequel. While in the first film, the protagonist travelled to a summer trade union camp, in Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) the character visits the summertime High Tatra Mountains. However, this time Mr. Anděl – reflecting the post-Stalin-era slight loosening of political repressions – focuses more on personal problems than social ones related to “building a better future”. For the inspector’s son has become engaged to a certain Věra, and the conservative father wants to see if the young woman measures up. However, Anděl mistakenly confuses the pleasant young future bride with a woman of far looser morals. Jaroslav Marvan excels in the lead role in this popular comedy, once again superbly supported by Josef Kemr in the role of cellist Vyhlídka. Though this represented one of the most successful Czechoslovak films of the 1950s, a planned second sequel, in which Anděl was to visit the seaside, was unfortunately never produced.
Synopsis
Three young employees of Spofana Company, Zdeněk Soukup, his girlfriend Věra Novotná and their friend Věra Matoušková were rewarded for excellent work by a vacation in the mountain resort of Tatranská Lomnica. The Prague Transport Company controller Gustav Anděl also travels to the same destination as a reward. He does not know yet Věra, future wife of his son Mirek, and has decided to secretly check her behaviour in the absence of her fiancée. By mistake he considers Věra Novotná to be his son's girlfriend, and so his investigations cause him plenty of embarrassments. Nevertheless he enjoys his stay in the mountains, because he has met there Bohouš Vyhlídka, whom he has befriended during summer vacation two years ago. Meanwhile in Prague Mrs Andělová helps Věra's mother to exchange flats, so that their children would have a place of their own. During a trip to the Lomnický štít three holidaymakers are stuck in fog in a mountain cabin. So far Gustav Anděl was desperate because of the behaviour of his future daughter-in-law, who embraced Zdeněk all the time, and only there he finally notices he has mistaken her for Věra Matoušková. Now he is content, because this Věra is a perfect match for his son.
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Cast
Jaroslav Marvan
revizor Dopravního podniku Gustav Anděl
Milada Želenská
Eliška, Andělova manželka
Jaroslav Mareš
montér Mirek, syn Andělových
Josef Kemr
Bohouš Vyhlídka
Stella Zázvorková
Mánička, Vyhlídkova žena
Rudolf Deyl ml.
rekreační referent Puleček
Milena Dvorská
Věra Matoušková, Mirkova milá
Karol Machata
Zdeněk Soukup
Helena Loubalová
Věra Novotná, Zdeňkova milá
Vlasta Fabianová
Matoušková, Věřina matka
Mária Hájková
slovenská rekreantka Kolesárová
Inocenc Březina
horník Josef Maruščák
Theodor Pištěk
předseda závodní rady Dopravních podniků
Jaroslav Rozsíval
správce chaty na Lomnickém štítě
Branislav Koreň
správce zotavovny
Emil Bolek
předseda závodní rady Spofany
František Filipovský
rekreační referent Mejzlík
Stella Májová
sekretářka závodní rady
Arnošt Faltýnek
cestující v tramvaji
Jiří Hurta
Valenta
Darja Hajská
žena s šátkem v tramvaji
Milada Horutová
dáma v kožichu v lanovce
Gustav Hrdlička
rekreant jedoucí do Beskyd
Miroslava Langová
průvodčí v tramvaji
Jarmila Beránková
rekreantka
Emilie Urbanová-Jeřábková
babka v tramvaji
Marcela Sedláčková
pracovnice Spofany
Jiří Valenta
člen závodní rady
Vladimír Salač
rekreant s kytarou
Karel Exner
rekreant
Josef Buchar
O. Brauner
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Štěpán Skalský, Květa Ondráková, Zdeněk Maršálek
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Ladislav Winkelhöfer, Jiří Rulík
Costume Designer
Karel Postřehovský, Jaromír Lauda (maškarní scény)
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Assistant Sound Designer
Jaroslav Vokurka
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Karel Brož (vrchní osvětlovač)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)
Songs
Kytička bílá
Song Composer Dalibor C. Vačkář
Writer of Lyrics Květa Ondráková
Singer Vladimír Salač
Production info
Original Title
Anděl na horách
Czech Title
Anděl na horách
English Title
Angel in the Mountains
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1955
Production Year
1955
Production specifications
start of filming 6 April 1955
projection approval 11/1955
withdrawal from distribution 15 December 1976
Premiere
premiere 25 November 1955 /suitable for youths/ (kina Blaník /10 týdnů/, Oko /1 týden od 9. 12./, Revoluce /1 týden od 16. 12./, Odboj /1 týden od 23. 12./, Dukla /1 týden od 30. 12./, Bystrica /1 týden od 6. 1. 1956/, Vzlet /1 týden od 13. 1. 1956/, Aero /1 týden od 20. 1. 1956/, Mír /1 týden od 27. 1. 1956/ a Arbes /1 týden od 2. 2. 1956/, Praha)
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
91 min
Original length in metres
2 588 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, Slovak
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Anketa Týdeníku Televize, TV Plus a České televize – Hrdina filmového úsměvu tisíciletí (nejoblíbenější postava české filmové veselohry)
2000
Praha / Czech Republic
Jaroslav Marvan
