Off the Old Block

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1957

Production year

1957

Runtime

14 min

Category

film

Genre

educational

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Daleko od stromu

Czech title

Daleko od stromu

English title

Off the Old Block

Synopsis

The young couple Václav and Eliška Dvořák are artistes working under the artistic name Duo Gerardis. In their performance, they are hanging up high and in his teeth Václav holds the bar from which Eliška hangs. After their performance, they meet their friend, dentist Kavan. Václav is not a "good" patient in his opinion, because his denture is strong and healthy. Small Vašík, son of the Dvořák couple, is growing up with his grandmother. She loves to bake different cakes and prepare sweet meals for her grandson. Small Vašík is not brushing his teeth properly. When he goes to see the dentist, he has a lot of bad teeth. His father Václav is not happy about that, he was hoping to bring his son into his acrobatic number in due course. He takes Vašík to see Kavan. The dentist shows them a short film about the causes of tooth decay and the importance of a balanced diet with lots of vegetables and milk products. Vašík promises his father that he will start caring for his teeth properly.

Cast

Otto Lackovič

artista Václav Dvořák

Luka Rubanovičová

artistka Eliška, Václavova žena

Petr Rachner

Vašík, syn Dvořákových

Antonín Hrabánek

zubař MUDr. Kavan

Magda Kopřivová

Vašíkova babička

Mirko Musil

muž s bolavým zubem

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

František Jindra

Production Designer

Karel Černý

Production Manager

Jaroslav Houžvička

Consultant

doc. MUDr. Josef Švejda

Music

Music Composed by

Václav Lídl

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)

Production info

Original Title

Daleko od stromu

Czech Title

Daleko od stromu

English Title

Off the Old Block

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

educational

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1957

Production Year

1957

Production specifications

projection approval 24 October 1957

Premiere

premiere 6 February 1959 /suitable for youths/ (kino Pasáž /1 týden/, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

14 min

Original length in metres

395 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech