Please Do Not Disturb
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1962Production year
1962Premiere
17 May 1963Runtime
81 minDirector
Josef MachCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Prosím nebuditCzech title
Prosím nebuditEnglish title
Please Do Not DisturbWorking title
Prosím, nebuditSynopsis
Twenty-year old Helena is a salesgirl at a florist's and is dating Pepík Cajthaml. The girl is unhappy with her "ordinary" existence and often escapes into a fantasy world of her own. On Saturday morning, she can't bear to part with her dream of being a cosmonaut. On her way to work, she meets the elegant Sylaba, her neighbour who is an assistant at the Law Faculty. He offers to take her for an afternoon trip to the river Berounka in his car. In her imagination, Helena can immediately see herself at his side on the beach. A moment later she is a famous singer with platinum blond hair. She is late for work again but manager Sirůček forgives her and offers her a ride on his motorbike. Helena daydreams again, envisaging herself next to her balding superior as a perfect housewife and mother of quadruplets. Pepík waits for her after work with tickets for a football match. The couple's visit to the stadium ends with a quarrel. Helena gets into Sylaba's car and goes off with him to the country. At the cottage, they meet Sylaba's girlfriend and Helena quickly sobers up from her dreams. She returns to Prague on her own. She misses Pepík. Pepík knows his girlfriend well and when he calls her from the phone booth outside her house, Helena runs out and falls into his arms.
Note
The film´s action is shot in black-and-white; Helena´s dreams are in colour and occur against a suggested background setting.
Photos
Cast
Jana Hlaváčová
prodavačka Helena Nováková
Jozef Adamovič
Voice by Karel Richter
Pepík Cajthaml, Helenčin chlapec
Vladimír Brabec
asistent právnické fakulty Jiří Sybala
Lubomír Lipský
vedoucí květinářství Karel Sirůček
Milena Dvorská
Věra, Sylabova přítelkyně
Božena Obrová
Zdena Pínová, Helenina kolegyně
Jaroslav Vojta
řidič nákladního auta
Petr Mach
Vojta Vališ
Gustav Nezval
Petr Parléř
Ivo Niederle
příslušník SNB
Václav Švec
vědec
Alois Dvorský
vědec
Karel Kocourek
vědec
Jiří Valenta
tajemník ředitelky ve snu
Jan Pixa
on sám, Jan Pixa
Arnošt Faltýnek
železničář
Anna Jírová
dívka na loďce
Věra Křesadlová
dívka na loďce
Helena Dubová
dívka na loďce
Zdeněk Skalický
divák na fotbalu
Josef Příhoda
divák na fotbalu
Josef Steigl
divák na fotbalu
Rudolf Princ
divák na fotbalu
Magdalena Rachlíková
dívka v brýlích
Jiří Janoušek
mladík
Miloslav Janovský
lékař
Eva Schoberová
Jarmila
Bedřich Ulrych
příslušník SNB
J. Nekudová
nevěsta
T. Mackowski
fotbalista
František Růžička
fotbalista
J. Dočkal
fotbalista
J. Hildebrand
fotbalista
Josef Vojta
fotbalista
Jan Lála
fotbalista
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Mojmír Ticháček, Lilian Havlíčková
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Jiří Macák, Miroslav Mašek
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Art Director
Set Designer
Jiří Haller, Ladislav Rada, Ivan Síbrt
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Jiří Pavlík, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Special Effects
Vladimír Dvořák, Jan Roth, Ludvík Malý, Trikový ateliér FSB
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jaroslav Vokurka, Věra Winkelhöferová
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Vladimíra Kopecká (klapka), Bohumil Hába (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Má láska je jed
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer Jana Hlaváčová
Kočka a myš
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer Jana Hlaváčová
Mám malý stan
Song Composer Bedřich Nikodem
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Karel ŠtědrýWaldemar Matuška
Koupím si kánoe
Singer Gustav BromJarmila Veselá
S láskou je kříž
Song Composer Ludvík Podéšť
Writer of Lyrics Vratislav Blažek
Singer Jana Hlaváčová
Production info
Original Title
Prosím nebudit
Czech Title
Prosím nebudit
English Title
Please Do Not Disturb
Working Title
Prosím, nebudit
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1962
Production Year
1962
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 4 October 1961
technical Screenplay approved 21 June 1962
start of filming 13 July 1962
end of filming 29 October 1962
projection approval 28 December 1962
withdrawal from distribution 31 August 1974
Premiere
premiere 17 May 1963 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 31 May 1963 /suitable for youths/ (kina Lucerna /3 týdny/, Flora /1 týden od 7. 6./ a Radost /1 týden od 14. 6./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
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
81 min
Original length in metres
2 307 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour, black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
