The Young Lady from the Riverside
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1959Production year
1958—1959Premiere
25 December 1959Runtime
81 minDirector
Bořivoj ZemanCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Slečna od vodyCzech title
Slečna od vodyEnglish title
The Young Lady from the RiversideSynopsis
Young worker Helena Pokorná and her widowed father work in the same factory. The father is spending his holiday at home in Prague, already eager to go back to work. Helena is going to be rewarded with a holiday at the seaside. On a hot day in July, the girl is taking a jammed tram to work. The crowd pushes her out at the riverside and Helena doesn't manage to get on any of the coming trams. The girl is tempted by the water and makes a call to the factory saying she's ill. She takes a steam-boat to Modřany. There she meets a young man who wants to get some sleep by the river after a night shift. Helena is drawn into strange games by a group of idlers and riverside girls. One of the hooligans hides her clothes. The young man, who keeps following her after he wakes up, helps Helena. The father takes a meal to Helena at work and discovers that everybody believes her to be ill. He takes her place at the machine and can't wait to settle this with his rascal daughter. In the meantime, the girl is taking a walk around Prague with her new acquaintance, afraid to go back home. She runs away from the boy but he reaches their flat before she does. He is pleased to hear from Mr Pokorný that Helena is a decent girl. Helena is ashamed of what she did and tears up her holiday voucher.
Note
The film was shot on both a wide-screen gauge (1:2.35) and a standard gauge (1:1.37) film format.
Photos
Cast
Eva Klepáčová
dělnice Helena Pokorná
Jaroslav Marvan
Josef Pokorný, Helenin otec
Gustav Heverle
spící muž
Bohuš Záhorský
předseda závodního výboru Kovář
Josef Kemr
referent Dvořák
Josef Beyvl
holič
Anna Kadeřábková
zelinářka
Eva Svobodová
Pecháčková, sousedka Pokorných
Jiří Sehnal
Pepuša
Libuše Jiskrová
Didi
Irena Juřičková
Aža
Oldřich Dvorský
Peťura
Milan Jablonský
Čéča
Karel Pavlík
vrátný v továrně
Jaroslav Novák
Voice by Alois Dvorský
muž se psem
Jan Maška
lékař
Jiří Smutný
taxikář
Blažena Slavíčková
žena v tramvaji
Rudolf Princ
dozorce Dopravních podniků
Vítězslav Černý
šachista
Jiřina Bohdalová
telefonistka
Václav Švec
úředník
Jarmila Beránková
servírka
Marcela Sedláčková
stanařka
Věra Petáková
dělnice
Josef Zíma
milenec na Petříně
Dagmar Doubravská
dělnice
Zdeněk Blažek
koupající se muž
Jan Pohan
mladý dělník
Václav Trégl
natěrač
Antonín Šůra
dělník
Josefa Pechlátová
domovnice
Bedřich Bozděch
muž v tramvaji
Arnošt Faltýnek
muž u řeky
Slávka Rosenbergová
žena u řeky
Vladimír Borský
vrchní číšník
Eva Očenášová
dívka líbající se u vinárny
Karla Chadimová
dívka v šatně
Libor Palisa
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Zdena Pavlátová, Jordan Balurov
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
František Šindelář, Ladislav Hausdorf, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Josef Mathauser, Adolf Široký
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Okolo Hradce
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Ještě si já
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Veje vietor po ovesnom klasu
Singer Eva Klepáčovásbor
Eště som sa neoženil
Singer sbor
Production info
Original Title
Slečna od vody
Czech Title
Slečna od vody
English Title
The Young Lady from the Riverside
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1959
Production Year
1958—1959
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 16 April 1958
technical Screenplay approved 14 May 1958
start of filming 15 July 1958
end of filming 13 July 1959
projection approval 25 October 1959
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
Premiere
premiere 25 December 1959 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Alfa /4 týdny/ a Pilotů /1 týden od 15. 1. 1960/, Praha)
gala premiere 25 December 1959 (kino Alfa, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
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
81 min
Original length in metres
2 316 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37, 1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Filmová anketa čtenářů týdeníku Mladý svět o nejlepší československé filmy natočené v roce 1959
1960
Praha / Czechoslovakia
