Attention: Fox Calling

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1962

Production year

1962

Premiere

21 June 1963

Runtime

25 min

Category

film

Genre

children

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Pozor volá Liška...

Czech title

Pozor volá Liška...

English title

Attention: Fox Calling

Working title

Hon na lišku

Synopsis

Boys from a camp for young radio amateurs are preparing for a radio direction-finding competition. They all hold simple receivers with a headset and a rhomboid handheld antenna. The long-awaited prize is a high-performance communications receiver, given by the Union for Cooperation with the Army. The positions of the transmitters identifying themselves as Fox 1, Fox 2 and Fox 3 are somewhere in the woods and rocks of the area around the camp and could be either visible or concealed. Honza is one of the most skilful boys but the others laugh at him for making friends with the local children from a nearby village. Honza promises to give his transmitter to little Martínek if he wins a new one. Honza sets out on the track and discovers the first position on a rock. He also soon finds Fox 2, a man disguised as a tractor driver. Then Honza meets Martínek and gets delayed. When he resumes his search he hears the voices of the camp leader and the commander of the Union, talking about the map with the positions marked on it; they have left the map in the tent. Honza is tempted to go and take it but resists the temptation and continues the difficult search. Although he finishes last in the race, Honza gives Martínek the promised transmitter.

Cast

Michal Koblic

Honza zvaný Děcánko

Jaroslav Cmíral

velitel tábora

Miloš Vavruška

velitel Svazarmu

Miroslav Svoboda

cukrář –⁠ Liška

Josef Steigl

zmrzlinář –⁠ Liška

Jiří Hurta

traktorista –⁠ Liška

Jan Klozar

Martínek

Václav Hušek

Pepík

Pavel Zámečník

Mirek

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Hejlek

Production Manager

Emil Havlín

Consultant

Karel Lambert, František Smolík (2)

Music

Music Composed by

Václav Lídl

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)

Production info

Original Title

Pozor volá Liška...

Czech Title

Pozor volá Liška...

English Title

Attention: Fox Calling

Working Title

Hon na lišku

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1962

Production Year

1962

Production specifications

projection approval 1962

Premiere

premiere 21 June 1963 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 21 June 1963 /suitable for youths/ (kina Belvedere /1 týden/ a Dalibor /1 týden od 28. 6./, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

25 min

Original length in metres

720 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