Every Penny Counts
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1961Production year
1961Premiere
29 September 1961Runtime
92 minDirector
Zbyněk BrynychCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Každá koruna dobráCzech title
Každá koruna dobráEnglish title
Every Penny CountsWorking title
Zdědil jsem dobrodružstvíSynopsis
The type-setter Tůma inherits a large suburban villa from his uncle. He merrily sets off for the first inspection of his new property but cannot get over his surprise. In the villa, he runs into numerous people engaged in various activities which he does not understand. Moreover, some of the people slip him an envelope with money. Tůma, however, gradually begins to find his bearings and understands that the uncle made the villa available to various swindlers who, along with him, established a company under the motto "Every Penny Counts". The villa has thus become a space of spiritualistic sessions, a modernist "painter" botches up his pseudo-artistic works here, and even a creaky piano has become a source of income. But the worst thing is that also the villa itself is used to steal from the unfortunate in urgent need of an apartment who are willing to pay with their meagre savings. The gang even includes car thieves, who sell stolen cars to be used as spare parts. Tůma gets angry and rings his wife. He tries to cope with the swindlers with her help and with the help of a neighbouring kindergarten teacher. They send for the police, who arrest the whole "company".
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Cast
Miloš Kopecký
sazeč Emil Tůma/vynálezce Tůma, Emilův strýc
Jiřina Šejbalová
hospodyně Matylda Koukalová
Miroslav Horníček
podvodník Kletina vlastním jménem Novák
Karel Höger
mistr malíř
L. H. Struna
automechanik Řampa
Jiřina Bohdalová
spiritistka Eva
Dana Medřická
žena v ložnici
Věra Bublíková
řidička tramvaje Blanka, Emilova žena
Jiřina Jirásková
učitelka Pazderová
Karel Effa
médium
Jiří Steimar
Müller, účastník spiritistické seance
Lubomír Lipský
Josef Krůta, falešný příslušník SNB
Vlastimil Hašek
falešný příslušník SNB
Josef Hlinomaz
zloděj Petříček
Bohuš Záhorský
bývalý továrník Jonáš
Oldřich Dědek
zvukař
Antonín Jedlička
zvukař
Jiří Štuchal
Cimandl, zájemce o byt
Jan Maška
František Mazourek, zájemce o byt
Jaroslav Válek
zájemce o byt v buřince
Miroslav Homola
notář JUDr. Hulena
Svatopluk Skládal
osvětlovač
Georgis Skalenakis
osvětlovač
Hanuš Bor
Mirek, syn Tůmových
Milan Neděla
listonoš
Arnošt Schulz
redaktor v tiskárně
František Miroslav Doubrava
podpraporčík VB
Jiří Němeček
poručík VB
Jaroslav Štercl
malíř
Oleg Reif
malíř
Lubomír Bryg
malíř
Jan Kühnmund
malíř
Jiří Smutný
rámař
Mirko Musil
rámař
Marie Popelková
hraběnka Leopoldina Schönwaldová
Juraj Herz
zřízenec pohřební služby
Miroslav Abrahám
zřízenec pohřební služby
Bohumil Černohous
zřízenec pohřební služby
František Šeba
účastník seance
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
účastnice seance
Václav Štekl
Fousek
Milan Kindl
Budák
Karla Svobodová
Marcelka
Zdeněk Týle
zájemce o kardan
Jiří Procházka (2)
příslušník VB
Vladimír Stach
příslušník VB
Miloslav Šindler
příslušník VB
Zdeněk Skalický
příslušník VB
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Josef Dvořák, Josef Calta, Vlastimil Štěpánek
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vlasta Synkulová, Miloš Bergl
Unit Production Manager
Lubomír Novotný
Cooperation
Jiřina Matiasková (klapka), Karel Šebík (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)
Songs
Kolo, kolo mlýnský
Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics lidová píseň
Singer dětský sborJiřina Jirásková
Již roztály ledy
Letí čas a voda plyne
Singer Miloš Kopecký
Production info
Original Title
Každá koruna dobrá
Czech Title
Každá koruna dobrá
English Title
Every Penny Counts
Working Title
Zdědil jsem dobrodružství
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1961
Production Year
1961
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 18 January 1961
technical Screenplay approved 31 January 1961
start of filming 6 March 1961
end of filming 5 June 1961
projection approval 21 July 1961
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966
Premiere
premiere 29 September 1961 /suitable for youths/ (kina Kotva /3 týdny/, Arbes /1 týden/, Eden /1 týden/, Flora /1 týden/, Kotva /1 týden/, Mír /1 týden/, Orient /1 týden/, Radost /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden/, Varšava /1 týden/, Veletrhy /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 6 October 1961 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
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
92 min
Original length in metres
2 608 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
