Pretzel
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1964Production year
1964Premiere
25 December 1964Runtime
27 minDirector
Jaroslav MachCategory
filmGenre
satireTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
PreclíkCzech title
PreclíkEnglish title
PretzelWorking title
Preclík pro něhoSynopsis
Žemla, one of the five bakers at a pretzel shop, is absent again. He always gets sent on calls to welcome all kinds of delegations. The master baker still insists that the rest of the bakers should sign an agreement obliging them to increase production by twenty percent in honour of the Great Comrade's birthday. The agile baker Kožvara has the idea of baking the biggest pretzel in the world. He prepares sketches and models for the equipment needed to help them complete the difficult task. The managers give him an award for his initiative and send him to visit other firms where he lectures on How to Celebrate Appropriately. Kožvara needs someone to provide him with the right applause, bows and cheers, and takes on first baker Piontek, and then Ledecký. The last remaining baker Josef Dundr is desperate because he can no longer fulfil the plan for everyone. One day, enthusiasm for the Great Comrade evaporates and Kožvara's mission is cancelled. All the bakers are back at their workplace...
Photos
Cast
Martin Růžek
pekař Franta Kožvara
Rudolf Deyl ml.
pekař Josef Dundr
Václav Lohniský
pekař Václav Ledecký
Vladimír Menšík
pekařský mistr Lavička
Lubomír Kostelka
pekař Žemla
Jiří Sedlmayer
mladý pekař Piontek
Karel Máj
generální ředitel
Oldřich Musil
ředitel
Vladimír Jedenáctík
náměstek
Josef Chvalina
náměstek Balabán
Josef Kozák
družstevník s kosou
Josef Příhoda
převozník
Oleg Reif
účastník školení
Zdeněk Týle
účastník školení
Jiří Valenta
účastník školení
Jiří Vondrovič
účastník školení
Jiřina Blažková (2)
účastnice školení
Marie Hübschová
účastnice školení
Vítězslav Černý
kuchař
Vladimír Huber
horník
Josef Koza
horník
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Production Designer
Art Director
Set Designer
Jiří Rulík
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Miloš Stejskal
Cooperation
Karel Ješátko (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Studijní skupina Karla Duby (Music Conducted by Karel Duba)
Production info
Original Title
Preclík
Czech Title
Preclík
English Title
Pretzel
Working Title
Preclík pro něho
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
satire
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1964
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 3 February 1964
start of filming 14 April 1964
end of filming 7 May 1964
projection approval 21 July 1964
Premiere
preview 30 October 1964 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 18 December 1964 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Pasáž /7 týdnů/, Oko /1 týden/, Dukla /1 týden od 25. 12./, Arbes /1 týden od 8. 1. 1965/, Vzlet /1 týden od 15. 1. 1965/, Mír /1 týden od 22. 1. 1965/, Kyjev /1 týden od 29. 1. 1965/, Praha)
premiere 25 December 1964 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Fikar, Ladislav Fikar (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
27 min
Original length in metres
759 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
