Kissing-time Ninety
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1965Production year
1964Premiere
9 July 1965Runtime
80 minDirector
Antonín MoskalykCategory
filmGenre
comedy, satireTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Délka polibku devadesátCzech title
Délka polibku devadesátEnglish title
Kissing-time NinetyWorking title
Děti děti děti / Polibek dlouhý devadesát / Délka polibku 90Summary
The works of director Antonín Moskalyk are largely found in the television archives, but in 1965 he contributed to the Czech film satire genre with a comedy about quintuplets in the world of real socialism. The quintuplets are born to Mr. And Mrs. Tůma, but the family has nowhere to live. Officials arrive on the scene and decide to award the record-breakers secure accommodation; they house the Tůma family in a villa equipped with a number of modern inventions. The inventions usually don't work, however, and the close supervision of the bureaucrats causes the couple to become mutually alienated. The calm and comfort of the family is also destroyed by a requirement to ceaselessly fill in detailed questionnaires about their intimate life. Fortunately, a formula for boosting the birth rate eventually fails... This relaxing comedy, which takes some mildly ironic potshots at state planning, is the work of screenwriters Irena and Ota Hofmans. The main character roles were successfully handled by Dana Syslová and Oldřich Vlach.
Synopsis
Young married couple Eva and Jarda Tůma do not have a place of their own and cannot provide for a baby. However, nature wins and Eva becomes pregnant. At the maternity hospital, she gives birth to quintuplets. This great occasion does not escape the attention of the local and international media. The authorities decide to help support the family. They set up a commission for the care of the quintuplets, headed by Drahoslav Svitáček. The Tůmas move to a large villa with super modern furnishings. The various kinds of technical equipment do not always function perfectly and cause a lot of problems for the family. An international research centre employs Jarda, who originally worked at a children's shoe factory. Jarda secretly gives pills that the scientists would like to test on him to the experimental animals and soon the institute's buildings are filled with little rabbits, fish and monkeys. The continuous presence of complete strangers in the house does not really contribute to the peace of the family, nor does the couple's duty to fill in increasingly detailed questionnaires, enquiring about their intimate life. The state wants to increase the birth rate and the Tůmas are to be used as a model. The construction of a railway line, entirely incompetently planned by Svitáček in his previous post, is getting dangerously close to the villa. This diverts attention and Eva and Jarda have some time just for themselves. Eva gets pregnant again. Her delivery is eagerly awaited by masses of people, journalists and television crews. She gives birth to only one child. Everybody loses interest and leaves.
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Cast
Dana Syslová
Eva Tůmová, matka paterčat
Oldřich Vlach
Jarda Tůma, otec paterčat
Otomar Krejča
předseda komise Drahoslav Svitáček
Vlasta Chramostová
vrchní sestra
Lilli Janečková
sekretářka Alenka
Eva Svobodová
Svitáčkova sekretářka
Dušan Blaškovič
ředitel gumáren
Václav Babka
předseda závodní rady
Zdeněk Dítě
architekt
Vladimír Hlavatý
vrátný v porodnici
Miroslava Kozáková
ošetřovatelka
Jarmila Orlová
ošetřovatelka
Hana Pastejříková
ošetřovatelka
Štěpánka Řeháková
ošetřovatelka
Karel Novák
reportér
Jaroslav Skála
fotoreportér
Lubomír Kostelka
reportér
Jan Libíček
inženýr
Jiří Holý
psychiatr
Lola Skrbková
zapisovatelka
Miloslav Šiling
psychiatr
Lydie Tarantová
tlumočnice
A.J. Liehm
tlumočník
Mirko Musil
kameraman
Evžen Drmola
sovětský novinář Jevgenij Babaněvs
Kamila Moučková
německá novinářka Hilde Müllerová
František A. Dvořák
francouzský novinář
Petr Čapek
anglický novinář
Eva Machová
zahraniční novinářka
Václav Podhorský
zahraniční novinář
Jana Gýrová
blondýnka v bikinách
Natálie Maslovová
figurantka geodetů
Iva Šašková
dívka se slunečníkem
Vladimír Linka
sovětský novinář
Miloš Haken
muž s puškou
Ladislav Rychman
režisér
Celestýn Mrázek
geodet s teodolitem
Jiří Klem
muž převlečený za zdravotní sestru
Renáta Pospíšilová
tanečnice
Vladimír Vašut
polský novinář
Ladislav Fišer
Pisák
Miroslav Rataj
fotbalový fanda
V. Smolík
muž s kůlem
V. Brunát
reportér
Helena Anýžová
pracovnice MVÚPP
J. Borovanová
pracovnice MVÚPP
L. Bartušková
pracovnice MVÚPP
Z. Fürstová
pracovnice MVÚPP
K. Hakenová
pracovnice MVÚPP
Jiřina Hautová
pracovnice MVÚPP
Jana Hladká
pracovnice MVÚPP
Ivana Kudlová
pracovnice MVÚPP
J. Moskalyková
pracovnice MVÚPP
O. Nosková
pracovnice MVÚPP
V. Petráková
pracovnice MVÚPP
A. Pompeová
pracovnice MVÚPP
Helena Pěkná
pracovnice MVÚPP
K. Ratajová
pracovnice MVÚPP
Dana Reimová
pracovnice MVÚPP
J. Špíralová
pracovnice MVÚPP
Dagmar Táborská
pracovnice MVÚPP
E. Váchová
pracovnice MVÚPP
opice Zuzanka ze ZOO v Ústí n.L.
šimpanz
Dubbing
Milan Neděla
hlas průvodce
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Eliška Doubková
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Miroslav Sinkule
Camera Operator
Jan Novák, Emil Hora
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Karel Kočí, Bohuslav Varhaník, Jaroslava Vilímková
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Adolf Böhm, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Dana Dudová, Petr Čapek
Unit Production Manager
Jan Syrový
Cooperation
Jana Rozbrojová (klapka), Ladislava Boudová (klapka), Miroslav Pešan (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Radostná zpráva
Song Composer Luboš Fišer
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer sbor
Mámy, ty naše české mámy
Song Composer Luboš Fišer
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer sbor
Production info
Original Title
Délka polibku devadesát
Czech Title
Délka polibku devadesát
English Title
Kissing-time Ninety
Working Title
Děti děti děti / Polibek dlouhý devadesát / Délka polibku 90
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, satire
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1965
Production Year
1964
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 28 June 1963
technical Screenplay approved 4 May 1964
start of filming 9 July 1964
end of filming 2 December 1964
projection approval 26 February 1965
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1971
Premiere
premiere 2 July 1965 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Pasáž /2 týdny/, Praha)
premiere 9 July 1965 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
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
80 min
Original length in metres
2 290 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
