Good Advice Is Better Than Gold
Category
filmGenre
satireTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Dobrá rada je nad zlatoCzech title
Dobrá rada je nad zlatoEnglish title
Good Advice Is Better Than GoldSynopsis
The story of new recruits joining a military garrison is accompanied by ironic commentary. Three fresh conscripts come across an experienced soldier - an old sweat, who obeys the orders of the commentary and duly enjoys his supposed superiority. He wakes the privates and forces them repeatedly to change into their clothes and put on gas masks. The experienced soldier forces the fat private to climb a rope, and orders the private-intellectual time and again to wash a floor that is already more than clean. Whenever he feels that the man is intellectually superior to him, he forces him to crawl across a deep puddle during the training. After time, the soldiers become more experienced. They are no longer ready to put up with everything and, finally, occasionally get their revenge. The sweat decides that the best plan is to invite them for a beer but he is the only one who finally gets blind drunk. A year passed by and the privates have become old sweats too.
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Cast
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
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Film Editor
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Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Georges Bizet (Carmen)
Production info
Original Title
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
Czech Title
Dobrá rada je nad zlato
English Title
Good Advice Is Better Than Gold
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
satire
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1964
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
12 min
Original length in metres
350 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
