A Marvellous Day
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1960Production year
1960Premiere
24 March 1961Runtime
73 minDirector
Jan ValášekCategory
filmGenre
childrenTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Kouzelný denCzech title
Kouzelný denEnglish title
A Marvellous DaySynopsis
Young Honzík has not started school yet and so he is duly proud that he is able to practise for the Spartakiad celebrations with the school children, rehearsing gymnastic routines to the music known as "Fairytale". The blacksmith Horák has moved to the village with his seven-year-old son who, being older than Honzík, replaces him during the training sessions. This is the first real disappointment in life for Honzík. The Spartakiad day approaches, the children depart and Honzík is left in the village on his own. Suddenly the blacksmith's son comes running out of the cottage on the hill. He has overslept and doesn't know what to do. Little Honzík has an idea. He remembers old man Slípka who, as if by magic, produces a little cart from the shed and harnesses a little horse. One of the wheels on the cart cannot stand the strain and the children have to continue on an old rack waggon, then on foot and finally on the back of a lorry. They get to town just in time, the parade has already begun. In the end both boys are able to do their exercises at the Spartakiad, since one child is missing from a group from another school.
Note
The Spartakiad composition for the mass physical culture performance Fairytale was created by Marie Kryštůfková with music by Josef Šesták and words by Jan Hostáň.
Photos
Cast
Jiří Lukeš
Honzík Čermák
Tamara Vaněčková
Zuzka Nováková, Honzíkova kamarádka
Eva Remsová
Eva, Honzíkova sestra
Ladislav Holomčík
Láďa
Jaroslav Bloch
Honza Horák
Tomáš Hádl
Vašek
Josef Havlík
Pepíček
Luděk Šimák
Špunt
Štěpánka Haničincová
učitelka
Josef Mixa
Čermák, Honzíkův otec
Jarmila Krulišová
Čermáková, Honzíkova matka
Oldřich Vykypěl
kovář Horák, Honzův otec
Nina Jiránková
Horáková, Honzova matka
Eman Fiala
děda Slípka
Věra Koktová
učitelka z jiné školy
Lubomír Bryg
pořadatel
Věra Bílá (2)
dítě
Milan Březina
dítě
Renata Milošovičová
dítě
Hana Brachtlová
dítě
Ivan Brachtl
dítě
Pavel Komárek
dítě
obyvatelé Ledče nad Sázavou
Antonín Novotný
prezident ČSR – v dokumentárním záběru na tribuně
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Anna Pokorná, Josef Vondráček (2), Helena Rohanová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vratislav Innemann, Olga Himmerová, Hubert Novotný
Cooperation
Jaromír Komárek (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Production info
Original Title
Kouzelný den
Czech Title
Kouzelný den
English Title
A Marvellous Day
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1960
Production Year
1960
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 13 April 1960
technical Screenplay approved 15 June 1960
start of filming 6 July 1960
end of filming 31 October 1960
projection approval 27 December 1960
withdrawal from distribution 31 August 1976
Premiere
premiere 24 March 1961 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 31 March 1961 /suitable for youths/ (kino Tatra /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Hanuš – Pavlíček, Ladislav Hanuš (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny), František Pavlíček (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
73 min
Original length in metres
2 073 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
