A Hefty Fellow
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1960Production year
1960Premiere
30 December 1960Runtime
78 minDirector
Miloš MakovecCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Chlap jak horaCzech title
Chlap jak horaEnglish title
A Hefty FellowSynopsis
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.
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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
Karel Houska
lékař
Vladimír Klemens
geometr
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
Jarmila Beránková
řidička
Jiřina Bílá
průvodčí autobusu
Eva Cedlová
Kátina přítelkyně
Miroslav Homola
geometr
Gustav Hrdlička
vrchní číšník
Blažena Slavíčková
Koubova žena
Věra Uzelacová
zdravotní sestra
Antonín Soukup
stařík ve vlaku
Antonín Novotný
stěhovák
Karel Hovorka
cestující
Milivoj Uzelac
dirigent
Jan Maška
rozhodčí na šachovém turnaji
Jiří Krampol
mladík vycházející z továrny
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Kalina, František Straka
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Assistant Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Adolf Široký, Josef Mathauser
Music
Music Composed by
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)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
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
