The Red Shed
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1968Production year
1968Premiere
1 November 1968Runtime
71 minDirector
Jiří HanibalCategory
filmGenre
childrenTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Červená kůlnaCzech title
Červená kůlnaEnglish title
The Red ShedSummary
In the 1960s, director Jiří Hanibal started specialising in family films. His interest in young viewers lasted until the end of the 1980s. Červená kůlna (The Red Shed) – a family film about the friendship of a young boy, Míša, and Grandpa Andrýs – is one of the undeservedly forgotten titles in his filmography. In the suburbs, the lives of the Horáček family, which doesn’t have time for their son, and the owner of an old shed which looks like the ideal place to park their new family car, become intertwined. The lonely old man puts off renting the shed in order to enjoy the company of the little son… Bohuš Záhorský excels in the role of the old-world retiree in this film made according to the screenplay of the renowned Ota Hofman.
Synopsis
The Horáček family has finaly become an owner of awaited new Škoda car. The car, however, must be garaged and there is a desperate lack of space. Daddy Horáček, lawyer, publishes advertisements and asks everywhere around. Finally, he gets a tip from his former client - the old lag Vávra. The space in question is not exactly a garage, but an old shed whose owner is the old man Andrýs. Horáček visits him with his nine-year old son Míša. The old man keeps a broken-down old car and lots of rubbish in his shed and most probably would agree with the sale, but is very hesitant. He keeps putting off the decision only because he has become very fond of little Míša, and thus the visits continue. The old man's world is a great revelation for the small boy and the kid spends all his leisure moments with him. His astonished mother eventually learns from his teacher that Míša sells the Večerní Praha evening paper with the old man. Míša explains to his mother that he is helping Andrýs save up for his funeral and that he himself often feels lonesome. The old man mentioned his three children but he is apparently alone, since he spends even Christmas Eve with the Horáčeks. Eventually, he sells them the shed, but wishes to be paid off in five-crown instalments. He can thus visit Míša on a regular basis and the tolerant parents accept this incongruous friendship between their little son and the old man. At the end, the shed is torn down and the car is again on the street. But the old man has already become a member of the family.
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Cast
Bohuš Záhorský
děda Antonín Andrýs
David Schneider
Míša Horáček
Darek Vostřel
JUDr. Mirek Horáček, Míšův otec
Jana Štěpánková
zdravotní sestra Horáčková, Míšova
Eva Řepíková
učitelka
Jiří Sýkora
Karel Vrána
Vítězslav Černý
demontér
Milan Mach
lékař
Oldřich Velen
správce garáží Olmer
Věra Bauerová
zdravotní sestra
Štěpánka Řeháková
zdravotní sestra
Martin Otava
holčička
Vladimír Zátka
spolužák Filipi
Ladislav Gzela
prodavač ryb
Karel Černoch
párkař
Václav Halama
děda s hračkami
Helena Růžičková
Ludmila Beránková
Miloslav Štibich
Rudolf Beránek
Jarmila Orlová
barmanka
Stanislav Petřek
maskér
Vladimír Navrátil
Mikuláš
Josef Střecha
kameraman
Jana Tomečková
sekretářka Jana
Ctibor Turba
mládenec při výprodeji
Iva Vnoučková
Bardot
Jiřina Hautová
Jiřina Hautová
M. Vlachová
žena v inzerci
J. Reis
instruktor autoškoly
Jan Malíř
mladík před hřbitovem/zákazník prodávající auto
Zbyněk Červenka
dirigent
V. Cipro
hudebník
J. Červenka
hudebník
S. Ďuriač
hudebník
J. Holej
hudebník
D. Kůrka
hudebník
H. Kinkal
hudebník
F. Pazour
hudebník
F. Pergl
hudebník
J. Postranecký
hudebník
V. Pokorný
hudebník
K. Reich
hudebník
V. Salivar
hudebník
Y. Bernauerová
tanečnice
J. Dejmková
tanečnice
S. Formánková
tanečnice
S. Francová
tanečnice
R. Francová
tanečnice
P. Gründler
tanečník
K. Jindrová
tanečnice
J. Kříhová
tanečnice
D. Kynclová
tanečnice
Jarmila Novotná (2)
tanečnice
D. Prosová
tanečnice
D. Roubíčková
tanečnice
H. Šmídová
tanečnice
Z. Švehla
tanečník
M. Trejtnar
tanečník
G. Tesárková
tanečnice
R. Ventrubová
tanečnice
S. Vališová
tanečnice
J. Kronďák
H. Polák
J. Ulrych
D. Unger
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Blažej Vráb, Vlasta Synkulová
Unit Production Manager
Michal Krob
Cooperation
Jarmila Knížková (klapka), Jan Kuděla (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Production info
Original Title
Červená kůlna
Czech Title
Červená kůlna
English Title
The Red Shed
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1968
Production Year
1968
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 13 December 1967
technical Screenplay approved 15 January 1968
start of filming 21 February 1968
end of filming 8 May 1968
the first film copy approved 30 July 1968
projection approval 15 August 1968
withdrawal from distribution 31 August 1976
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1992
Premiere
premiere 1 November 1968 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 20 February 1969 /suitable for youths/ (kino Kyjev /1 týden/, Praha)
renewed premiere 1 March 1990 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Ústřední půjčovna filmů (původní 1968 a obnovená 1990)
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Švabík – Procházka, Jan Procházka (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Erich Švabík (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
71 min
Original length in metres
2 012 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
