Seeing a Coffin in a Dream...
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1968Production year
1967—1968Premiere
26 July 1968Runtime
86 minDirector
Jaroslav MachCategory
filmGenre
comedy, crimeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
„Rakev ve snu viděti...“Czech title
„Rakev ve snu viděti...“English title
Seeing a Coffin in a Dream...Working title
Zuzana a sedm loupežníkůSummary
In 1968, Jaroslav Mach took audiences back to the chateau Ronov for the sequel to his crime comedy Nahá pastýřka (The Naked Shepherdess, 1966). The chateau is now operating as a stylish hotel run by former crook Pacínek (Bohumil Šmída). However, Ronov still draws participants in organised crime: robbers of antiques give way to a gang that has just stolen two million crowns from a state bank. The villains, posing as members of the jazz band Skelet, hide the loot in a suitcase that looks exactly the same as the luggage of police captain Tronda (Vladimír Menšík). Mutual animosity heightens, the adversaries start murdering each other and eventually only Zuzanka (Jaroslava Obermaierová) remains alive. Pavel Landovský, František Peterka and Zdeněk Dítě star as the criminals passing themselves off as musicians.
Synopsis
The Ronov castle has been changed into a hotel, offering stylish facilities to its guests: weddings in the torture chamber, a Black Lancer kidnapping brides, a night's lodging in a family tomb etc. The reformed petty swindler Pacínek runs the hotel. The business is far from thriving; the place is half-empty, and the jazz band Skeleton, together with their singer Zuzanka, decide to leave. Nobody in the hotel has any idea that the band is in fact a gang of thieves who have just robbed the Prague State Bank, taking two million crowns from its vaults. The perpetrators have brought their goods to Ronov in a small black army suitcase and are about to split the money. The suitcase is almost identical to one belonging to the police Captain Tronda. They get swapped by accident in Ronov and then the case keeps changing hands, although the thieves do their best never to lose sight of it. The gang members have little solidarity and each tries to steal the goods for himself. Competing in this manner, they all get killed and only Zuzanka remains alive. The musicians' deaths bring journalists and sensationalist guests to the castle. The police are also in Ronov. They have managed to trace the robbery to the musicians. Zuzanka is arrested with all the millions. The hotel is sure to thrive for a long time to come and Pacínek can peacefully water the flowerbed with the arrangement of pansies reading "You Will All Die!".
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Cast
Bohumil Šmída
vedoucí hotelu Felix Pacínek
Jaroslava Obermaierová
zpěvačka Zuzanka Korejsová/Boženka
Zdeněk Dítě
lupič a hudebník Rudolf Vengloš
Čestmír Řanda
lupič a hudebník Milan Weyr
Lubomír Kostelka
lupič a hudebník Čestmír Kosík
Libuše Havelková
Ema, Kosíkova žena
František Peterka
lupič a hudebník Josef Balda
Pavel Landovský
lupič a hudebník Zdeněk Štýbr
Vladimír Menšík
kapitán VB Tronda
Jan Skopeček
major VB Jarda Bergl
Zdeněk Řehoř
kriminalista Patras
Oldřich Velen
kapitán VB Václav Roj
Slávka Budínová
zralá dáma
Kateřina Klumparová
Květuška, Pacínkova manželka
Miloš Nedbal
profesor Nykl
Václav Lohniský
vrchní Stěhule
Josef Chvalina
náměstek ředitele
Vladimír Jedenáctík
porybný Ventura
Beda Lak
kustod
Consuela Morávková
nevěsta Blanka Svobodová
Jan Pohan
ženich Richard Bezděk
Vilda Marzin
dr. Pavlousek
František Miroslav Doubrava
ženich Arnošt Velebný
Helena Růžičková
nevěsta Antonie Drobná
Arnošt Faltýnek
strejda
Zora Polanová
úřednice banky
Lubomír Bryg
hlavní pokladník
Antonín Soukup
dědeček
Miroslav Homola
vedoucí
Gino Hašler
novinář
Rudolf Kudrnáč
novinář
Ferdinand Šafránek
novinář
Vladimír Linka
pokladní
Jiřina Součková
pokladní
Jana Krampolová
pokladní
Ladislav Mrnka
vazoun
Vítězslav Černý
příslušník VB
Josef Koza
příslušník VB
Vojtěch Kheck
příslušník VB
Zdeněk Týle
průvodčí
František Závěta
číšník
Josef Šulc
kriminalista
Karlini
kouzelník
Mušketýři a bandité
skupina historického šermu ÚDA
Duo Štandy
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Karel Brchel
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Art Director
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Titles Designed by
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
G. Mozolová (klapka), Karel Ješátko (fotograf), Jaroslav Trousil (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Antonín Dvořák (Rusalka /sbor Květiny bílé po cestě/ – opera)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), Míša Polák /improvizace na klavír/, Orchestr Ferdinanda Havlíka
Songs
Sto zlatých zvonků
Song Composer Ferdinand Havlík
Writer of Lyrics Jan Schneider
Singer Jaroslava Obermaierová [dab]Naďa Urbánková
V Hodoníně za vojáčka mňa vzali
Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics lidová píseň
Singer Vladimír Menšík
Production info
Original Title
„Rakev ve snu viděti...“
Czech Title
„Rakev ve snu viděti...“
English Title
Seeing a Coffin in a Dream...
Working Title
Zuzana a sedm loupežníků
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1968
Production Year
1967—1968
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 4 July 1967
technical Screenplay approved 11 August 1967
start of filming 22 September 1967
end of filming 8 January 1968
the first film copy approved 14 March 1968
projection approval 22 March 1968
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1975
Premiere
premiere 25 July 1968 /suitable for youths/ (kina Kotva /3 týdny/ a Metro /3 týdny/, Praha)
premiere 26 July 1968 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
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
86 min
Original length in metres
2 438 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
