In 1963, Czechoslovak film productions for children were still utilising proven, conservative methods. One film that signalled a new refreshing dynamism, signalling the forthcoming vigour of the Czechoslovak New Wave, was this adventure of two little friends, directed by Pavel Hobl. The debuting director sends Pepík and Honzík on a voyage from the door of a kindergarten into a world in which reality and imagination merge. During their first self-dependent walk through Prague, the boys not only enter a museum, but even a realm of magic. The fragmented narration pays homage to the unrestrained imagination of children –it cannot be bound by adult persuasion over the nature of reality. The child roles are handled by Josef Filip and Ladislav Otčenášek. They portray the boys eagerly discovering the world, under the watchful eye of cameraman Jiří Vojta.
Honzík and Pepík learn upon their arrival in front of the kindergarten that the school trip has been cancelled due to an epidemic. The two boys are disappointed but they keenly set off to the city. At the crossroads, they take over conducting the traffic from Mr Policeman, while at the river embankment, they make friends with a painter who gives them a case of paints. They are frightened by a large dog named Brok but he invites them to visit a museum. The stuffed bear there gives them roller skates on which they ride through the building, pursued by the museum guard. By the museum ramp, a magic little girl reveals how to get to the Magic Land in exchange for a slice of chocolate. There, the two boys and Brok free enchanted musicians and take part in a ghost convention. Then the boys get a little car and win car races with it. Close to the kindergarten, they say farewell to the car - they are expected by their father, who takes them to mummy. And at home, they can play again and organize a hunt for an imaginary lion.
Pepík
Honzík, Pepíkův mladší bratr
holčička s okarínou
tatínek
maminka
Voice by Karel Pavlík
muž s deštníkem
malíř Jan Brychta
hlídač muzea
zřízenec Čedoku
víla
vodník
ďábel
Bílá paní
Voice by Felix le Breux
příslušník VB na křižovatce zvaný pan Esenbé
lepič plakátů
drbna na ulici
drbna na ulici
dirigent-černokněžník
ženich
turistka
turista
rytíř Bezhlavák
generál
artista
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hlas důstojníka
hlas psa setra Broka/hlas vycpaného medvěda
Josef Dvořák, Karel Průcha, Jiří Rulík, Jiří Žůček
Adolf Nacházel, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty), Antonín Jedlička (zvukové efekty)
Jiří Vojta, Ladislav Vinklárek, Trmal, Novák
Jiří Vojta, Ladislav Vinklárek, Trmal, Novák, Trikový ateliér FSB
Miloš Rudolf, Olga Mimrová
J. Mikolášová (klapka), František Schwarz (vrchní osvětlovač), Jaromír Komárek (fotograf)
Bedřich Smetana (Libuše – úvodní motiv opery), Bedřich Smetana (Má vlast /Vltava/)
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Bohumil Sobotka
Singer Karel Gott
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Bohumil Sobotka
Singer Lukasová
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Bohumil Sobotka
Singer LukasováKarel Gott
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Bohumil Sobotka
Singer Lukasová
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Bohumil Sobotka
Singer Lukasová
Song Composer Wiliam Bukový
Writer of Lyrics Bohumil Sobotka
Singer Lukasová
Máte doma lva?
Máte doma lva?
Do You Keep a Lion at Home?
Den velkého dobrodružství
film
featuretheatrical distribution
children, music
Czechoslovakia
1963
1962—1963
literary Screenplay approved 20 July 1962
technical Screenplay approved 30 October 1962
start of filming 5 December 1962
end of filming 28 June 1963
projection approval 22 December 1963
withdrawal from distribution 1 September 1974
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1991
premiere 1 May 1964 /suitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 15 May 1964 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Tvůrčí skupina Švabík – Procházka, Jan Procházka (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Erich Švabík (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
feature film
76 min
2 219 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
colour, black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Event: Umělecká soutěž k 20. výročí osvobození Československa
1965
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Pavel Hobl
Festival: 16. mezinárodní filmový festival pro děti a mládež Benátky
1964
Benátky / Italy
Josef Filip
Exhibition: 4. celostátní přehlídka československých filmů pro děti a mládež Gottwaldov
1964
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Festival: 16. mezinárodní filmový festival pro děti a mládež Benátky
1964
Benátky / Italy
Vladimír Očenášek
Exhibition: 4. celostátní přehlídka československých filmů pro děti a mládež Gottwaldov
1964
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Festival: 16. mezinárodní filmový festival pro děti a mládež Benátky
1964
Benátky / Italy
Festival: 16. mezinárodní filmový festival pro děti a mládež Benátky
1964
Benátky / Italy
Festival: 16. mezinárodní filmový festival pro děti a mládež Benátky
1964
Benátky / Italy