Ice Men

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production year

1960

Premiere

3 February 1961

Runtime

74 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Ledoví muži

Czech title

Ledoví muži

English title

Ice Men

Synopsis

The ice-hockey team Slavoj Musical Instruments have lost their match yet again. The functionary Fiala must do something radical about the situation. The simplest solution would be to replace the team with more able juniors but Fiala will not hear of it. He thinks it would be enough just to find one new player - a good striker. As if out of nowhere the papers suddenly publish a photograph of the young teacher Havránek who had surprised his pupils by his accuracy in shooting goals at the fair. Fiala immediately signs Havránek up but right from the first attempt it is obvious that this "miraculous shooter" cannot skate. Fiala thus entrusts him to the hands of his daughter Alena, a figure-skater. Havránek indeed has talent, he quickly learns to skate but, following Alena's example, he starts doing pirouettes during training. Fiala is at his wits' end and tries to get rid of Havránek. In the end the decisive match is to be played by juniors. However, they invite Havránek to play with them. He manages to score a goal during the early stages and the juniors, buoyed up by this success, win the match. After the match Fiala has to admit his mistake and also get used to the idea that his daughter and Havránek have fallen in love.

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský

hokejový funkcionář Antonín Fiala

Jiří Lír

učitel Václav Havránek

Milena Kladrubská

Voice by Jaroslava Tvrzníková
krasobruslařka Alena, Fialova dcera

Josef Hlinomaz

Rudolf Šupálek

Ludmila Píchová

Markéta, Šupálkova žena

Helena Krtičková

Markétina matka

Eduard Kohout

ředitel vyšší hudební školy

Eman Fiala

hokejový funkcionář Kabrhel

Lubomír Lipský

hokejový funkcionář Menšík

Vladimír Hrubý

trenér Kučírek

Otto Budín

hokejový funkcionář

František Kovářík

řídící učitel

Miroslav Homola

laborant Emil Záviška

Jiří Štuchal

Luďa, kapitán mužstva Slavoje

Roman Holát

člen mužstva Slavoje

Antonín Jedlička

člen mužstva Slavoje

Miloš Zavřel

dělník s trumpetou

Alena Kreuzmannová

Luďova žena

Ljuba Hermanová

majitelka hokejové střelnice

Eduard Hofman

brankář

Ivo Niederle

hokejista Karel

Jaroslav Tomsa

hokejista juniorského mužstva

Marie Poslušná

zpěvačka

Jana Poslušná

zpěvačka

Věra Váchová

divačka na hokeji

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Vladimír Zelenka

Assistant Director

Rudolf Jaroš

Director of Photography

Josef Vaniš

Production Designer

Vladimír Labský

Assistent Production Designer

Miloš Červinka

Film Editor

Miroslav Hájek

Sound Designer

Josef Vlček

Production Manager

Jiří Pokorný

Unit Production Manager

Miloš Bergl, Vlasta Synkulová

Music

Music Composed by

Evžen Illín, Vlastimil Hála

Music Performed by

Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)

Choreographer

Frank Towen

Songs

Nic než sníh /Sníh v očích/

Song Composer Evžen Illín
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Jana Poslušná [dab]Marie Poslušná [dab]Jarmila Veselá

Je to prohraný, už jsme nahraný

Singer sbor

Když jsem husy pásala

Singer dětský sbor

Plují lodi do Triany

Song Composer Jan F. Fischer

Production info

Original Title

Ledoví muži

Czech Title

Ledoví muži

English Title

Ice Men

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production Year

1960

Production specifications

projection approval 7 November 1960
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1973

Premiere

premiere 3 February 1961 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
preview 3 February 1961 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 10 February 1961 /suitable for youths/ (kina Pasáž /6 týdnů/, Dukla /1 týden/, Flora /1 týden/, Arbes /1 týden od 17. 2./, Mír /1 týden od 24. 2./, Svornost /1 týden od 24. 2./, Pilotů /1 týden od 3. 3./, Radost /½ týdne od 3. 3./ a Varšava /1 týden od 10. 3./, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Hostivař

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Fikar, Ladislav Fikar (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skuipny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

74 min

Original length in metres

2 108 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