Dominika’s Name Day
Category
filmGenre
childrenTypology
featuretheatrical distributionmediumOriginal title
Když má svátek DominikaCzech title
Když má svátek DominikaEnglish title
Dominika’s Name DayWorking title
Zázraky se nepůjčujíSummary
A 1967 musical comedy for small children directed by Jan Valášek. The film tells the story of an entrepreneurial young girl, who is never fazed by any situation. Along with little Honzík, Dominika exchanges her four-year-old brother Míša for the stolen cat Kajetána. The distraught parents of missing Honzík and Míša are joined in their search by 12 comical police detectives able to deploy a number of disguises. This simple story based on a screenplay by Vladimír Kalina serves as an ideal example of a film in which reality is presented through an imaginative, playful and poetic child’s eye point-of-view. The fairytale world is also accentuated through aesthetic choices such as utilising coloured filters. Consequently, experienced cinematographer Jan Stallich plays a crucial part in this movie. Alongside its child actors, a number of well-known actors appear in small roles including Karolína Slunéčková, Vladimír Menšík, and Miloš Kopecký.
Synopsis
Eight-year old Dominique has a nameday. Her parents have a gift for her, but only give it to her in the evening, when everybody has come home from work. Then she darts out, where her girlfriends are already waiting for her. She plays with a red ball but forgets all about it as soon as a kitten appears by the fence. Dominique takes hold of the kitten and ties it onto her skipping rope. She meets Honzík with his little brother Míša. Honzík thinks Míša is a downright nuisance. The little boy gets muddy and stubbornly refuses to wash himself. Fed up, Honzík gladly swaps him for Dominique's kitten, but his parents are not pleased with the barter and want their little boy back. However, Honzík doesn't know where Dominique lives. The parents contact the police and twelve detectives try to find the little boy. Honzík also goes looking for Míša; he is worried that the police may put Dominique in prison. He finally finds his little brother and goes to the fence together with Míša and Dominique. They let the kitten go and Dominique takes the red ball that she forgot all about. All is back to normal.
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Cast
Dáša Beranová
Dominika
Jan Valášek ml.
Honzík
Michal Pospíšil (2)
Míša, Honzíkův bratr
Simona Uhlířová
užalovaná Zdena
Karolina Slunéčková
matka Míši a Honzíka
Vladimír Menšík
otec Míši a Honzíka
Miloš Kopecký
náčelník detektivů
Lubomír Kostelka
detektiv
Zdeněk Braunschläger
detektiv
Jan Faltýnek
detektiv
Oskar Hák
detektiv
Lubomír Bryg
detektiv
Jiří Lír
detektiv
Jaroslav Mareš
detektiv
Zdeněk Najman
detektiv
Milan Neděla
detektiv
Eugen Jegorov
detektiv-metař
Bohuš Pastorek
detektiv-listonoš
Viktor Riebauer
detektiv-lodník
Lenka Jandlová
Kateřina
Jarka Jedličková
Zuzana
Helena Lišková
Eliška
Jiří Lukeš
kluk-chovatel
Z. Mihulová
Eva
J. Chocholová
holčička z party
L. Řeháková
Jitka
J. Kačírek
kluk
Vl. Pokorný
kluk
D. Straka
kluk
Pavel Zejfart
kluk
I. Vávrová
Petra
M. Záluská
Jana
M. Ženíšková
Helena
Lubomír Lipský
vrátný na výstavě
Josef Hlinomaz
řidič kropicího vozu
Ivana Pavlová
květinářka
Karel Kmoch
číšník/kominík
Ota Motyčka
muž s holí
Marie Brožová
stará žena v parku
Karel Kryška
fotograf
Karel Hruška (3)
aranžér
Jaromír Linhart
aranžér
Ivan Krob
aranžér
Jiří Halamka
zmrzlinář
Vladimír Klos
zmrzlinář
Petr Zdeněk Koželuh
zmrzlinář
Vladimír Pospíšil
zmrzlinář
Miroslav Vilímek
zmrzlinář
Petr Vondruška
zmrzlinář
Zdeněk Doležal (2)
komik-tanečník
Jarmila Švabíková
majitelka kocoura Kajetána
M. Kobr
pilot vrtulníku
Jiří Merta
kominík
Miroslav Strejček
kominík
Ján Šprlák-Puk
kominík
Otto Lackovič
muž od kolotoče
Helena Růžičková
žena od střelnice
Vl. Nový
medvěd
Oldřich Musil
pořadatel soutěže exotického ptactva
Jan Tureček
vousatý děda
Marta Cvejnová
tanečnice
Marcela Husáková
tanečnice
Jana Chábová
tanečnice
Rozina Kamburová
tanečnice
Blanka Modrá
tanečnice
Helena Pejšková
tanečnice
Helena Richterová
tanečnice
Marta Synáčková
tanečnice
Marcela Tomaierová
tanečnice
Aneta Voleská
tanečnice
Eva Maříková
tanečnice
A. Roleničová
tanečnice
Alena Pencová
manekýna
Dana Reimová
manekýna
Štěpánka Řeháková
manekýna
Zuzana Schnöblingová
manekýna
Vladimír Hrubý
chovatel exotického ptactva
Gustav Hrdlička
chovatel
Emanuel Kovařík
chovatel
Ilona Kubásková
chovatelka
Bohuslav Kupšovský
chovatel
Vladimír Linka
chovatel
František Marek
chovatel
Luisa Kollingerová
chovatelka
Rudolf Veselý
chovatel
A. Pospíšilová
chovatelka
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Ljubica Václavová
Continuity
Screenstory
Eva Seroffová
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Václav Kozel, Přemysl Pražský, František Straka
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Milan Štěch
Cooperation
Zorka Chrastinová (klapka), Alena Červená (fotografka)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songwriter
Writer of Lyrics
Singer
Pavel Zeyfart, dětský sbor, sbor
Choreographer
Danced by
Balet Praha
Production info
Original Title
Když má svátek Dominika
Czech Title
Když má svátek Dominika
English Title
Dominika’s Name Day
Working Title
Zázraky se nepůjčují
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1967
Production Year
1966
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 2 May 1966
technical Screenplay approved 6 June 1966
start of filming 13 July 1966
end of filming 24 September 1966
the first film copy approved 31 March 1967
projection approval 4 April 1967
withdrawal from distribution 1 July 1977
Premiere
premiere 8 September 1967 /suitable for youths/ (kino Klub /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 8 September 1967 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Švabík – Procházka, Jan Procházka (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Erich Švabík (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
59 min
Original length in metres
1 686 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
