A Hefty Fellow

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production year

1960

Premiere

30 December 1960

Runtime

78 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Chlap jak hora

Czech title

Chlap jak hora

English title

A Hefty Fellow

Synopsis

After three years of working abroad, Honza Přáda is returning home. He brought back decorations and money for a new car he earned with his good work. The success went to his head and, as soon as he arrived, he had a fight with his friends, who, in the meantime, started competing for the honorary title of the socialist work team. The first evening after his return Honza meets Káťa and the two of them start thinking about getting married soon. Honza is applying to get an apartment but there is a disappointment ahead of him. He can only have a housing cooperative flat but he has to pay for it. Honza refuses to pay and then, after a series of complications with the search for the flat, he gives up the wedding. But Káťa is expecting a baby, and Honza wants to marry her straight away. Only, Káťa has one condition: Honza has to build a small family house with the help of his reconciled friends. Honza agrees but his friends refuse to help him. Honza then starts building on his own but gets back problems from the hard work. At the critical moment, Káťa shows up and without any explanation takes him to the building site. To his surprise, the entire team is working there on his little home.

Cast

František Peterka

montér Honza Přáda

Alena Vránová

Káťa Nováková, Honzova snoubenka

Jaroslav Marvan

dělník Fabián

Stella Zázvorková

jeřábnice Marešová

Eman Fiala

vrátný internátu, Kátin strýc

Bohuš Záhorský

dělník Havlík st.

Zdeněk Kutil

dělník Havlík ml.

Jiří Sovák

vedoucí brigády Duda

Vladimír Menšík

dělník Kouba

Vladimír Hrubý

dělník Růdl

František Filipovský

prodavač Novák, Kátin otec

Jiřina Steimarová

Kátina matka

Václav Postránecký

dělník Vašek

Bohuš Hradil

sociální referent

Magda Kopřivová

korpulentní paní

Pavel Spálený

strážný

Josef Hlinomaz

malíř pokojů

Arnošt Faltýnek

uniformovaný cestující

Ladislav Gzela

lesník ve vlaku

Vítězslav Černý

tlustý pán s fíkusem

František Šeba

žoviální pán

Jiřina Bílá

průvodčí autobusu

Eva Cedlová

Kátina přítelkyně

Gustav Hrdlička

vrchní číšník

Věra Uzelacová

zdravotní sestra

Antonín Soukup

stařík ve vlaku

Karel Hovorka

cestující

Jan Maška

rozhodčí na šachovém turnaji

Jiří Krampol

mladík vycházející z továrny

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Jaroslav Pour

Shooting Script

Miloš Makovec

Director of Photography

Rudolf Milič

Second Unit Photography

Josef Pechar

Camera Operator

Ivan Wurm

Production Designer

Oldřich Bosák

Assistent Production Designer

Jan Kňákal

Set Designer

Jiří Kalina, František Straka

Costume Designer

Michael Romberg

Film Editor

Jan Kohout

Sound Designer

Ladislav Hausdorf

Assistant Sound Designer

Václav Kliegel

Special Effects

Trikový ateliér FSB

Production Manager

Ladislav Kalaš

Unit Production Manager

Adolf Široký, Josef Mathauser

Music

Music Composed by

Miloš Vacek

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)

Songs

Slabá dívka – silný muž !

Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics Karel TobisVáclav Špilar
Singer František Peterka

Production info

Original Title

Chlap jak hora

Czech Title

Chlap jak hora

English Title

A Hefty Fellow

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production Year

1960

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 11 November 1959
technical Screenplay approved 5 January 1960
start of filming 22 February 1960
end of filming 30 July 1960
projection approval 21 October 1960
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966

Premiere

preview 23 December 1960 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 30 December 1960 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Pasáž /3 týdny/, Flora /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden/, Eden /½ týdne od 6. 1. 1961/, Varšava /1 týden od 6. 1. 1961/, Radost /1 týden od 13. 1. 1961/ a Svornost /1 týden od 13. 1. 1961/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Brož – Ptáček, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jaromír Ptáček (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

78 min

Original length in metres

2 220 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