What Will My Wife Say to This?
Country
Czechoslovakia, PolandCopyright
1958Production year
1957—1958Premiere
3 October 1958Runtime
90 minDirector
Jaroslav MachCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Co řekne žena...Czech title
Co řekne žena...English title
What Will My Wife Say to This?Co-production title
Zadzwońcie do mojej żonyWorking title
Píseň o věrnostiSynopsis
Writer Vladimír Tůma is going on a study visit to Poland. He is being separated from his wife Lída for one month and says goodbye to his friends. His friend Bohumil warns him about the Polish beauties, but Vladimír is welcomed at the airport by an older energetic guide called Ełżbieta. Nevertheless, she leaves very soon because of the disagreements with her jealous husband. She is replaced by beautiful young Irena, who has only just recently got happily married. Tůma is quite pleased, because he likes Irena. Her husband, unlike his parents, he trusts her. Vladimír and Irena are having a wonderful time together, but they always remember their beloved partners just in time. Irena's father-in-law goes after them to Cracow, to see if everything is all right. He is pleased to find Irena alone in the hotel. On one of the trips, reluctantly, the two are forced to sleep in one room. Irena's husband, who didn't get to see Irena in the Cracow hotel, is coming as well. He finds her alone and sleeping, just when Tůma is returning from his evening walk. The men don't know each other and Tůma thinks that Irena is in danger. He decides to defend her. Nevertheless, the misunderstanding is cleared up at the end. On his return home, Tůma describes the episode to his wife, but she doesn't believe he was faithful. Tůma turns to the audience, to confirm the truthfulness of his story.
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Cast
Barbara Połomska
úřednice Irena Stępowska
Josef Bek
spisovatel Vladimír Tůma
Wieńczysław Gliński
Zbigniew, Irenin muž, lesní inženýr
Hanka Bielicka
průvodkyně Elżbieta Rybińska
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Zofia Stępowská, Zbigniewova matka
Stanisław Jaworski
Tadeusz Stępowski, Zbigniewův otec
Jiřina Petrovická
úřednice Čedoku Lída, Tůmova žena
Wacław Jankowski
Rybiński, Ełżbietin muž
Robert Vrchota
pilot Bohumil Gregor
František Filipovský
soused Pokorný
Adam Mularczyk
majitel motorové lodi
Bohuš Rendl
vedoucí Čedoku, Lídin šéf
Bronisław Darski
recepční v hotelu
Stanisław Milski
hostinský Pietrzykowski
Bohuš Hradil
ministr považovaný za Tůmu
Andrzej Kopiczyński
přítel z vinárny
Jarmila Beránková
sousedka
František Černý
vrátný na ministerstvu
Nelly Gaierová
dáma s psíkem
Stella Zázvorková
žena s melounem v Čedoku
Marie Ježková
žena v Čedoku
Miloš Nesvadba
Tůmův známý s obrazem
Leon Niemczyk
důstojník ve vlaku
Ignacy Machowski
Michalski
Vojta Novák
starý muž v Čedoku v klobouku
Věra Langrová
úřednice Procházková
Raoul Schránil
nervózní muž v Čedoku
Josef Steigl
cizí delegát v turbanu
Eugeniusz Szewczyk
chlapec
Zygmunt Chmielewski
tlustý muž ve vlaku
Jarema Stępowski
novinář
Marian Łącz
Florczak
Ewa Pachońska
dívka na pláži
Halina Pienkiewicz
dívka na pláži
Edward Radulski
čistič bot
Zdzisław Lubelski
starší muž s dudami
Ireneusz Kanicki
básník Sadowicz
Natalia Szymańska
Pietrzykowska
Elżbieta Wiktorek
snoubenka
Andrzej Kostenko
tanečník
Roman Polański
tanečník
Jerzy Passendorfer
malý muž
Witold Sobociński
muzikant
Wanda Rybicka
A. Młodnicki
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Jerzy Passendorfer
Assistant Director
František Matoušek, Lech Lorentowicz, Eliška Vojtová, Marian Ziętkiewicz, Halina Garus
Screenstory
Screenplay
Václav Jelínek, Jaroslav Mach, Jan Fethke, Zdzisław Skowroński
Commentary by
Kazimierz Rudzki
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Stanisław Loth, Mieczysław Verocsy
Camera Operator
Wacław Dybowski
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Karel Kočí, Cecylia Wróblewska
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vladimír Vojta, Zdzisław Mrozowicz
Cooperation
Karel Ješátko (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Władysław Szpilman
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Jerzy Gert), Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (Music Conducted by Karel Krautgartner)
Songwriter
Władysław Szpilman
Writer of Lyrics
Ludwik Starski
Production info
Original Title
Co řekne žena...
Czech Title
Co řekne žena...
English Title
What Will My Wife Say to This?
Co-production Title
Zadzwońcie do mojej żony
Working Title
Píseň o věrnosti
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, Poland
Copyright
1958
Production Year
1957—1958
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 28 November 1956
start of filming 2 August 1957
technical Screenplay approved 5 August 1957
end of filming 14 April 1958
projection approval 10 June 1958
withdrawal from distribution 30 November 1968
Premiere
preview 26 September 1958 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 3 October 1958 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna /6 týdnů/, Oko /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden od 10. 10./, Arbes /1 týden od 17. 10./, Flora /1 týden od 24. 10./, Svornost /1 týden od 31. 10./ a Radost /1 týden od 7. 11./, Praha)
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Kunc, František Břetislav Kunc (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
90 min
Original length in metres
2 568 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, Polish
Subtitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
