Fitters
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1960Production year
1960Premiere
28 October 1960Runtime
77 minDirector
Jaroslav MachCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Rychlík do OstravyCzech title
Rychlík do OstravyEnglish title
FittersWorking title
MontéřiSynopsis
Using a helicopter, a group of fitters led by elderly Vaněk is trying to fix a "torch" for burning waste gasses on top of the tall chimney in Ostrava's New Iron Works. This would save the plant half a million crowns. The attempt fails and, it being Saturday, the fitters all go home to Prague. Sunday brings both happy and unhappy events. A little baby girl is born to the youngest one, Soukup. Machač discovers that his wife is cheating on him and he separates from her. Vaněk, Machač's father-in-law, is unhappy because of the whole situation. The timid Klír meets a fascinating girl at the dentist emergency ward. On Sunday night the fitters all meet again on the train and Soukup brings champagne to celebrate. Machač is the only one who is not with them. He went back to Ostrava earlier and prepared a plan for the next attempt to fix the "torch". During the early Monday shift they fix it without problems. The fitters are satisfied with the results of their work. And old Vaněk is glad of the fact that Machač's split with his daughter didn't influence the feeling of friendship in their group.
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Cast
František Vicena
montér Franta Machač
L. H. Struna
montér Vaněk, Machačův tchán
Jan Skopeček
montér Karel Klír
Ladislav Trojan
montér Láďa Soukup
František Šlégr
dispečer Václav Šnábl
Marcela Martínková
Klírova dívka, průvodčí ve vlaku
Dagmar Zikánová
Vlasta, Machačova žena, Vaňkova dcera
Zuzana Fišárková
úřednice Hanka
Anna Melíšková
Vaňkova žena, Vlastina matka
Jarmila Kurandová
Klírova teta
Eva Svobodová
Soukupová, Láďova matka
Jan Pohan
pilot kapitán Válek
Lubor Tokoš
rozhlasový reportér
Adolf Král
inženýr Kajdoš
Josef Mixa
nadporučík Horký
Jiřina Steimarová
sousedka
Nataša Gollová
zdravotní sestra v porodnici
Miluše Hradská
Dáša, Soukupova žena
Běla Jurdová
pokladní Růžena, Frantova sestra
Blažena Slavíčková
instrumentářka
Josef Beyvl
opilý příbuzný
Oldřich Velen
Voice by Oldřich Musil
novinář
Bohumil Švarc
Jarda Veselý, Vlastin milenec
Bohumil Smutný
kuchař
František Kreuzmann
výčepní
Vítězslav Černý
cestující se zraněnou rukou
Marie Hatleová
stařenka
Pavel Molčík
Voice by Milan Mach
mechanik na letišti
Alexej Gsöllhofer
stavbař
František Miroslav Doubrava
fotoreportér
Josef Steigl
číšník
Lubomír Černý
člen orchestru
Čeněk Halška
cestující
Libuše Hofmanová
brýlatá slečna
Eliška Nejedlá
žena v autě
Josef Příhoda
muž s bolavým zubem
Vladimír Huber
listonoš
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivo Černý, Vladimír Mácha
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Emil Poledník, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Eliška Nejedlá, Věra Winkelhöferová
Consultant
Cyril Urbanec
Cooperation
Letecký útvar Československé lidové armády, Nová Huť Klementa Gottwalda v Kunčicích
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)
Songs
Plují lodi do Triany
Song Composer Jan F. Fischer
Láska – to jsou jen písmena
Song Composer Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Ljuba Hermanová
Production info
Original Title
Rychlík do Ostravy
Czech Title
Rychlík do Ostravy
English Title
Fitters
Working Title
Montéři
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1960
Production Year
1960
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 16 September 1959
technical Screenplay approved 30 November 1959
start of filming 25 January 1960
end of filming 8 July 1960
projection approval 2 September 1960
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966
Premiere
preview 21 October 1960 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 28 October 1960 /suitable for youths/ (kina Pasáž /3 týdny/, Metro /2 týdny/, Odboj /1 týden/, Dukla /1 týden od 4. 11./, Flora /1 týden od 11. 11./ a Oko /1 týden od 11. 11./, 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
77 min
Original length in metres
2 203 meters
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
