A Black Saturday
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1960Production year
1960Premiere
6 January 1961Runtime
70 minDirector
Miroslav HubáčekCategory
filmGenre
detective, crimeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Černá sobotaCzech title
Černá sobotaEnglish title
A Black SaturdayWorking title
DemižónSynopsis
The railway station kiosk salesman Rezek is making extra profit on various shady deals. So he takes one of the two demijohns of alcohol which the warehouseman Kubíček stole from an abandoned storage tank without realizing that they contained poisonous methyl alcohol. Lorry driver Jan Valena brings Kubíček with the alcohol to the bar ran by Rezek's wife Věra. Věra is unhappy in her marriage with the drunkard and bully Rezek and wants to divorce him, especially now, after she has found her new love in Valena, a widower and father of little Honzík. Rezek offers cheap alcohol to his cronies Málek and Hatina. That same evening, a fight occurs between Rezek and Valena over Věra. Early in the morning, Valena is going to a friend's wedding. Rezek is found heavily wounded on the tracks and dies soon after. An investigation is under way. Valena is suspected of murder, but it is soon discovered that Rezek was not murdered, but that he died of methyl alcohol poisoning. Kubíček also dies, and Málek is blinded. The police officers are searching for Valena, who is taking a three litre demijohn of alcohol, which Kubíček forced on him, to the wedding. The citizens are warned via radio and Valena, still not suspecting anything, is found, and the mass poisoning is prevented. In the meantime, Věra got closer to Honzík, for whom she will soon replace his mother.
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Cast
Rudolf Deyl ml.
poručík VBŽ Václav Hájek
Zdeněk Dítě
nadporučík VBŽ Bláha
Lubor Tokoš
kapitán VB Antonín Drahota
Dana Medřická
hostinská Věra Rezková
Josef Bek
řidič Jan Valena
František Holar
trafikant Rezek, Věřin manžel
František Filipovský
skladník Václav Kubíček
Josef Kemr
staršina VB Bělka
Antonín Šůra
muzikant
Oldřich Lukeš
posunovač Jílek
Václav Vydra ml.
oční lékař MUDr. Ondrášek
Zdeněk Kutil
opilec Málek
Josef Beyvl
opilec Hatina
Karel Effa
cestující ve vlaku
Stanislav Fišer
cestující ve vlaku
Josef Hlinomaz
řidič Véna
Hanuš Bor
Honzík, Valenův syn
Otakar Brousek
major Vojenské správy v Táboře
Ivanka Devátá
sekretářka Vojenské správy v Táboře
Arnošt Faltýnek
svatebčan v autě
Václav Fišer
strojvůdce
Oldřich Hoblík
primář
Josef Koza
úředník
Jaroslav Moučka
ženich Rudolf Štíbr
Déda Papež
předseda MNV
Karel Pavlík
lékař
Jana Koulová
Hájkova manželka
Monika Soyková
Cilka, dcera Hájkových
Pavel Spálený
lékař
Rimma Šorochova
nevěsta
Václav Švec
bubeník
Hermína Vojtová
bytná
Miloš Willig
klarinetista
Karel Bezděk
Voice by Otto Šimánek
železničář Slávek
Alois Dvorský
dědeček
Ladislav Gzela
host v hospodě
Oleg Reif
harmonikář Franta
Svatopluk Skládal
náčelník stanice
Jiřina Bílá
zdravotní sestra
Mirko Musil
pokladník na železnici
Marie Nademlejnská
žena na svatbě
Jindřich Narenta
staršina VB
Miloš Vavruška
laborant Vojta
Blažena Kramešová
laborantka
Zdena Hadrbolcová
nevěsta
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
cestující ve vlaku
Darek Vostřel
ženich u fotografa
Josef Příhoda
svatebčan
Josef Kozák
svatebčan
Milka Balek-Brodská
Kubíčkova bytná
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Jordan Balurov
Screenstory
Josef Bouček, Miroslav Kratochvíl, Lubor Pok, Ladislav Rychman, Vladimír Valenta
Based on
Miroslav Kratochvíl (Demižón – rozhlasová hra), Lubor Pok (Demižón – rozhlasová hra)
Screenplay
Josef Bouček, Miroslav Kratochvíl, Lubor Pok, Ladislav Rychman, Vladimír Valenta, Jiří Brdečka (spolupráce na dialozích)
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Jaroslav Kupšík
Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Cvrček, Vladimír Mácha, Jan Vrňata
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Assistant Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vladimír Vojta, Karel Prchal
Consultant
pplk.VB Bořivoj Ambler
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Production info
Original Title
Černá sobota
Czech Title
Černá sobota
English Title
A Black Saturday
Working Title
Demižón
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
detective, crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1960
Production Year
1960
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 7 October 1959
technical Screenplay approved 5 April 1960
start of filming 19 April 1960
end of filming 4 August 1960
projection approval 7 October 1960
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966
Premiere
premiere 6 January 1961 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
preview 6 January 1961 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 13 January 1961 /suitable for youths/ (kina Metro /3 týdny/, Flora /1 týden/ a Arbes /1 týden od 20. 1./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Bor, Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
70 min
Original length in metres
1 986 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
