The Old Tram

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production year

1961

Premiere

12 January 1962

Runtime

82 min

Category

film

Genre

children, fairytale

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Pohádka o staré tramvaji

Czech title

Pohádka o staré tramvaji

English title

The Old Tram

Synopsis

The holidays have started and children are leaving Prague to go to the country. Only Frantík comes to Prague instead to see his grandfather. His grandfather Fiala was a tram driver once. At his grandfather's home, Frantík meets the mischievous boy Pepík, who makes fun of the country bumpkin, but then takes Frantík to the tram depot where grandpa's old tram Terezka has been kept after being taken out of service. Terezka is now broken down and flaking. Pepík runs off leaving Frantík, scared to be alone at the depot; he thinks that the trams have come to life. Frantík pleads with grandpa for some money to buy paints and repaint the cheerless Terezka and save it from being scrapped. He doesn't have enough paint but the local children offer him some more and Terezka is soon freshly painted. Now Terezka takes Frantík and his friends for a ride through town to thank them. The children have to hide the old tram from the grown-ups and when the Great Tram Inspector discovers that it has been lost and he accuses the grandpa. Children from all over Prague start collecting scrap metal in order to buy Terezka and save her from the scrapyard. They succeed, the old tram is now fixed and painted over in blue and gold and now begins transporting children from nursery schools all over Prague.

Cast

Jan Malaska

Frantík

Dadulka Šimková

Alenka

Věra Machoňová

Špuntík

Josef Roubíček

klučík

Hana Pořízková

Olinka

Eva Nedvědová

Evička

Vladimír Horka

Preclík

Liliana Martoni

Cácorka

Helena Lišková

blondýnka Helenka

Miriana Raljičová

brýlatá Zuzka zvaná Zrzka

Václav Winter

Rudla v proužkovaném tričku

Jaroslav Chadraba

dubl za Václava Wintera

František Maxián

Karel, kluk s trumpetou

Karel Smyczek

kluk zvaný Chemik

Josef Kemr

básník

Eman Fiala

řidič Antonín Fiala, Frantíkův děda

František Filipovský

velký tramvajový revizor

Josef Mixa

průvodčí Král, Pepíkův otec

Ladislav Gzela

výhybkář

Marcela Šilhánková

Voice by Jiřina Bohdalová
učitelka mateřské školy

Vladimír Navrátil

fotoreportér

Josef Příhoda

prodavač balonků

Commentary

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Lada Vacková

Assistant Director

Eva Kubesová, Boca Abrhámová

Screenstory

Ota Hofman

Screenplay

Ota Hofman

Shooting Script

Milan Vošmik

Director of Photography

Jan Novák

Second Unit Photography

Karel Hejsek

Camera Operator

Jiří Štíbr

Production Designer

Vladimír Labský

Assistent Production Designer

Leopold Zeman

Set Designer

Ivo Sýkora, H. Vrána, Ladislav Rada

Costume Designer

Lída Novotná

Film Editor

Miroslav Hájek

Assistant Film Editor

Anna Křemenová

Sound Designer

Stanislav Vondraš, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)

Production Manager

František Sandr

Unit Production Manager

Vlastimil Maršálek, Věra Winkelhöferová, Jaroslav Vokurka

Consultant

inž. Milan Hašek

Cooperation

Josef Janoušek (fotograf), Eliška Kolaříková

Music

Music Composed by

Svatopluk Havelka

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)

Songs

Jede se, jede zvesela

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer dětský sbor

Je Praha město jeden úl

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer Rudolf Pellar

Abeceda

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer dětský sbor

Jede tramvaj z kopečka

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer dětský sbor

My chceme tramvaj

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer dětský sbor

Písnička o Pepíkovi

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer dětský sbor

Akce: heslo Terezka

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer dětský sbor

Production info

Original Title

Pohádka o staré tramvaji

Czech Title

Pohádka o staré tramvaji

English Title

The Old Tram

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children, fairytale

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production Year

1961

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 15 June 1960
technical Screenplay approved 19 January 1961
start of filming 8 March 1961
end of filming 13 September 1961
projection approval 20 November 1961
withdrawal from distribution 31 August 1992

Premiere

premiere 12 January 1962 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 26 January 1962 /suitable for youths/ (kino Belvedere /1 týden/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Creative Group

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

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

82 min

Original length in metres

2 345 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