A Legal Case

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production year

1958

Category

povídka

Genre

comedy, short-story

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Original title

Právní případ

Czech title

Právní případ

English title

A Legal Case

Synopsis

Mr Kupr is stealing around the streets and the house. At home he finally calms down but is then even more startled by the bell. The insurance agent is at the door. The nervous Kupr is behaving like a madman and the agent wants to leave. He finally agrees to stay and listens to Kupr's story. A while ago Mr Kupr caused a small traffic accident. He drove his car into a funeral procession, knocked over the coffin and the deceased who fell out came to life. The retired railwayman Bartoš is very glad that he hasn't been buried and is very grateful to Mr Kupr at first. However, little by little, his family changes its mind about the whole thing and demands that Kupr pays for the ruined funeral, including the banquet. Old Bartoš demands that his rescuer start paying his pension which the Pensions Office blocked as he was considered dead officially. He has plenty of time so he pesters Mr Kupr incessantly and everywhere. The insurance agent can understand Mr Kupr but, unfortunately, he has come to inform him that his car insurance hasn't been paid. At that very moment Bartoš knocks at the door with his short stick and Kupr gets a stroke. The old Mr Bartoš goes to water the flowers on his grave.

Cast

Jan Pelikán

Antonín Bartoš, železničář v. v.

František Filipovský

agent pojišťovny

Bohuš Rendl

Fanoušek Bartoš, syn Antonína

Darja Hajská

Mařenka Bartošová, snacha Antonína

Lubomír Kostelka

garážmistr Kudera

Vratislav Blažek

prodavač textilu

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Lada Vacková

Based on

Karel Čapek (Právní případ – povídka ze sbírky povídek Bajky a podpovídky)

Shooting Script

Miloš Makovec

Director of Photography

Jiří Šafář

Production Designer

Karel Škvor, Jan Zázvorka

Assistent Production Designer

Jaroslav Krška, Oldřich Okáč

Make-Up Artist

Gustav Hrdlička

Film Editor

Jan Kohout

Sound Designer

Stanislav Vondraš

Production Manager

Josef Ouzký

Unit Production Manager

Vratislav Innermann

Consultant

František Pávek

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Šust

Production info

Original Title

Právní případ

Czech Title

Právní případ

English Title

A Legal Case

Category

povídka

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, short-story

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production Year

1958

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 20 February 1957
literary Screenplay approved 3 July 1957
start of filming 12 March 1958
technical Screenplay approved 4 August 1958
end of filming 5 October 1958

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Technical info

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