The Girl with Three Camels
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1967Production year
1966—1967Premiere
8 September 1967Runtime
92 minDirector
Václav KrškaCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Dívka s třemi velbloudyCzech title
Dívka s třemi velbloudyEnglish title
The Girl with Three CamelsSummary
When it comes to the output of director Václav Krška, comedies make up the lesser part of his work. Moreover, an amusing movie inspired by Italian folk comedies is a rarity of Czechoslovak sixties cinema. At the same time, the subject of 1967's Dívka s třemi velbloudy (The Girl with Three Camels) could even serve as the basis for a psychological family drama. The story’s heroine, 16 year-old Bobina, is set to become a single mother – thus following the fate of her own mother and her forebears. Her only memento of the father of the offspring to be, a young fitter whom she met at a dance, is an exotic postcard with three camels... The role of Bobina became the best-remembered part of actress Zuzana Ondrouchová who died in her late twenties. The part of the protagonist’s mother was taken by the experienced Slávka Budínová.
Synopsis
Sixteen-year old Bobina Gromová surrenders to the charms of a blue-eyed youth she meets at a dance and loses her virginity with him that same night. Only then do they introduce themselves and learn each other's names. Their courtship is short-lived, the next day the assembler Pepík Bajcura leaves for Algeria to work on construction. After a while, a postcard of three camels arrives from him, with a short greeting. The letter that the pregnant Bobina writes to him is returned with a note that the addressee has died in an accident. The girl's mother Božena is single, just like her grandmother and great grandmother. This is why Božena decides to resolve her daughter's "problem" with an abortion. Bobina changes her mind on the way to the hospital and spends the money reserved for the surgery. Božena reconciles herself to the situation and kicks her lover Milouš out of their small flat. Little Pepík is born, and Božena finds a new boyfriend, Alfréd. He helps Bobina in her struggle with the authorities for the young mother wants her son surnamed Bajcura. However, the postcard cannot prove Pepík Bajcura's fatherhood. Even the promised testimony of Pepík's colleagues does not help. A visit to Bajcura's parents is a fiasco. Shocked by the information about their son's unknown lover and the unexpected grandson, they throw Alfréd and the two women with the baby out of their little house. The kind and caring "grandpa" Alfréd is also soon lured away by his long-standing girlfriend. The two women remain alone, as has become traditional in their family.
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Cast
Zuzana Ondrouchová
Bobina Gromová
Slávka Budínová
Božena zvaná Gromka, Bobinina matka
Radovan Lukavský
havíř Alfréd Havel, dříve kouzelník
Vladimír Pospíšil
Milouš, Gromčin milenec a podnájemník
Robert Vrchota
parťák Král
Jan Langšádl
montér Pepík Bajcura, Bobinin milenec
Petr Sedláček
zedník Jarda
Tomáš Sedláček
Vašek, Jardův kamarád
Jaroslav Moučka
Pepíkův otec
Ludmila Roubíková
Pepíkova matka
Jaroslav Satoranský
Eman Vyskočil
Pavel Holeček
montér Frajer
Miroslav Saic
montér zvaný Nejmladší
Antonín Molčík
montér Kamarád
Jaroslav Cmíral
montér Dobrák
Josef Kotapiš
montér Dlouhán
Rudolf Horák
lékař
Jarmila Májová
svačinářka
Nataša Gollová
Havlova družka
Věra Budilová
vrchní sestra
Eva Foustková
Kofroňová
Jaroslava Tichá
členka interrupční komise
Milada Horutová
členka interrupční komise
Ela Šilarová
prodavačka v bufetu
Míla Myslíková
úřednice
Eva Jandáčková
úřednice
René Gabzdyl
mladík ve výstavní síni
Klaudie Ferbrová
sousedka
Marie Popelková
sousedka
Zdeněk Kampf
příslušník VB
Bohumil Klika
tančící brigádník
Jan Minařík
tančící brigádník
Michal Kozl
Pepíček
Jarmila Lázničková
madam
Jan Kotva
kamarád Tonda
Ladislav Suchánek
vedoucí módní přehlídky
Hana Kreihanslová
právnička
František Šlégr
matrikář
Alena Frimlová
matrikářka
Josef Šulc
muž v bufetu
Václav Švec
hlídač na stavbě
M. Sebastián
mladý černoch
Emil Iserle
úředník
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Vilém Henzel
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Ladislav Dražan, Zdeňka Černá
Unit Production Manager
Karel Čabrádek
Cooperation
Emanuela Peterová (klapka), Zdeněk Dukát (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera, Beatová skupina Donald, Dechová hudba Obce baráčníků Hradčany
Songs
Vyznání
Song Composer Pavel Novák
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Novák
Singer Pavel Novák
Production info
Original Title
Dívka s třemi velbloudy
Czech Title
Dívka s třemi velbloudy
English Title
The Girl with Three Camels
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1967
Production Year
1966—1967
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 26 August 1966
technical Screenplay approved 19 September 1966
start of filming 27 September 1966
end of filming 13 February 1967
projection approval 1 June 1967
withdrawal from distribution 1 September 1974
Premiere
premiere 30 June 1967 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina 64 U Hradeb /1 týden/ a Blaník /2 týdny od 17. 11./, Praha)
premiere 8 September 1967 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Novotný – Kubala, Bedřich Kubala (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
92 min
Original length in metres
2 633 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 1:2,35
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
