Here in Mechov

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production year

1959

Premiere

22 July 1960

Runtime

75 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

U nás v Mechově

Czech title

U nás v Mechově

English title

Here in Mechov

Synopsis

Mechov is a village like any other. The cooperative is prospering and the people are, more or less, working, quarrelling and falling in love. One day young Francek Sehnal, who never saw work as his favourite hobby, overhears a conversation from which he understands that a big recreation centre is going to be built by the Mechov pond. Right away Francek decides to use this for his own profit. He is joined by the jack-of-all-trades Veverka, as well as pub-owner Dvořáček, who starts building an illegal plum brandy distillery together with Vincek Strouhal. They are preparing some other attractions for the future holiday makers and weekend cottage owners as well. Their work in the cooperative suffers because of this private business. One day an official car, a Tatra 603, shows up in Mechov. The "entrepreneurs" are in panic, thinking that this could be the local district inspection. They start wiping out the proof of their secret activity and while doing this damage their property. Then they finally realize that the "inspection" was in fact the forester Malina, who is going to work on establishing a nature reserve right by the Mechov pond. This ends their dreams of getting rich quickly.

Cast

Josef Kemr

truhlář Gustav Veverka

Jaroslav Mareš

Francek Sehnal, kovářův syn

Eman Fiala

děda Strouhal

Jaroslav Vojta

děda Šikula

Blažena Holišová

Ema Šikulová, dědova snacha

Rudolf Hrušínský

hostinský Václav Dvořáček

Ludmila Píchová

Matylda, Dvořáčkova žena zvaná Běloručka

Míla Myslíková

drůbežářka Pavlína Šuterová

Rudolf Deyl ml.

předseda JZD Karel Sotolář

Josef Hlinomaz

zedník Vincek Strouhal

Karel Šeplavý

kovář Sehnal zvaný Spáleňák

František Peterka

správce rezervace Malina

Jana Drbohlavová

Anka, Strouhalova dcera

Jan Tříska

Lojzíček

Miloš Patočka

Vilím Sajíc

Bohumil Křížek

Vojtěch Šikula, Emin muž

Eva Svobodová

Sajícová, Vilímova matka

Irena Fabiánová

Sotolářova žena

Ladislava Nováková

Kamilka, nejstarší dcera Sotolářových

František Filipovský

majitel chaty dr. Hertl

Otakar Dadák

řidič Tatry 603

Elena Hálková

Strouhalka, matka Anky

Karel Pavlík

prodavač chemikálií

Zdeněk Braunschläger

zájemce o chatu

Marie Pavlíková

zájemkyně o chatu

Commentary

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Vladimír Zelenka

Assistant Director

Viktor Karásek

Continuity

Helena Pokorná

Screenstory

Lubomír Možný

Director of Photography

Josef Vaniš

Production Designer

Karel Lier

Assistent Production Designer

Jan Kňákal

Costume Designer

Fernand Vácha

Film Editor

Zdeněk Stehlík

Assistant Film Editor

Libuše Vaněčková

Sound Designer

Josef Vlček, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)

Production Manager

Gustav Rohan

Unit Production Manager

Petr Čapek, Josef Hudlička

Cooperation

Alena Pěkná (fotografka)

Music

Music Composed by

Wiliam Bukový

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)

Production info

Original Title

U nás v Mechově

Czech Title

U nás v Mechově

English Title

Here in Mechov

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production Year

1959

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 6 May 1959
start of filming 28 July 1959
technical Screenplay approved 31 July 1959
end of filming 14 December 1959
projection approval 19 February 1960
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1975

Premiere

preview 15 July 1960 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 22 July 1960 /suitable for youths/ (kina Paříž /5 týdnů/, Aero /1 týden/, Flora /1 týden/, Kotva /1 týden/, Oko /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden/, Svornost /1 týden/, Dukla /1 týden od 29. 7./, Odboj /1 týden od 5. 8./ a Varšava /1 týden od 19. 8./, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Novotný – Kubala, Bedřich Kubala (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

75 min

Original length in metres

2 144 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech