Although it is a rainy Sunday, Emil's father insists the whole family must leave for the cottage, reminding them revengefully that it was them who wanted to buy the house and the house is thus going to be enjoyed now. He, however, does not admit that he himself would rather spend the day at home, watching football on TV. Emil would like to go to the cinema with his friends and the older sister Renáta is unhappy without her beloved Petr. Father assigns everybody in the family its task - for going to the cottage does not mean recreation! Mr Tau, too, has arrived to the cottage as a puppet. With the help of his magic bowler hat, he changes into an adult man and secretly helps Emil chop wood, paint the fence and calculate his school homework. But he notices only later how annoyed and unhappy the family is, and makes magic to make everybody enjoy Sunday thorough. The granddad then plays cards with his buddies and father sips bottled beer, watching football on TV. Renáta is with her Petr in his room and mummy is moved, reading old love letters and recalling the times when daddy wooed her. Emil and his friends cannot get to an "adults only" film, and Mr Tau thus must conjure up a moustache for him. Sunday is over, everybody has enjoyed it splendidly and now, satisfied, they return home in car on whose front window swings the puppet of Mr Tau.
The film was distributed to Czech cinemas as part of the series Mr. Tau at the Mountains along with the feature film of the same name and a cartoon film called Give and Take (directed by Zdeněk Seydl and Ludvík Kadleček).
The first (I.) series of thirteen medium-length films about Mr Tau was created in the years 1969–1972. It was first launched in cinemas, in series composed of two parts and accompanied by a cartoon movie (1. Mr Tau Arrives, 2. Mr Tau Gives Presents, 3. Mr Tau at the Mountains, 4. Mr Tau and Sunday, 5. Mr Tau Goes to School, 6. Mr Tau and Cold!, 7. Mr Tau and Claudia, 8. Mr Tau Will Handle It, 9. Mr Tau and Trip around the World, 10. Mr Tau in Circus, 11. Mr Tau and the Taxi Driver, 12. Mr Tau Wanted, 13. Mr Tau and a Thousand Miracles). In the Czechoslovak Television, the series was first introduced in December 1972. Due to its success, another thirteen parts (II.) were filmed in 1973–1975, this time intended exclusively for television (1. Mr Tau Returns, 2. Mr Tau and Robinson, 3. Mr Tau and Too Big Balloon, 4. Mr Tau and Dog Goaty-Dog, 5. Mr Tau and Family Celebration, 6. Mr Tau Goes to Work, 7. Mr Tau and Five Pears and Three Apples, 8. Mr Tau and Black Umbrella, 9. Mr Tau and Big Dog, 10. Mr Tau and Tree-Frog. 11. Mr Tau and Alladin Lamp, 12. Mr Tau and Golden Suitcase, 13. Mr Tau Leaves). The third (III.) and last (seven-part) series was filmed in the years 1977 and 1978 (1. Alert in the Sky, 2. Elephant Hunt, 3. Night at Safari, 4. Mr Tau and Woman-Magician, 5. Mr Tau at Pioneer Camp, 6. Mr Tau – And Which Is the Right One?, 7. No Magic from Tomorrow). On TV, the third series was introduced as a series in the original form and was edited for the film distribution into two feature films Alert in the Sky and No Magic from Tomorrow. The popular bowlered hero last appeared in the feature film Mr Tau, created by a German-Czechoslovak co-production in 1988.
pan Tau
Emil
tatínek
maminka
dědeček
Renáta, Emilova sestra
Petr, Renátin kluk
holka s mašlí
vlasatý kluk
pihovatý kluk
kluk-cvalík
Vilém Kijonka
Jaroslav Tuzar, Vladimír Malík (loutková část)
Stanislav Látal (loutková část)
Jan Petrů, Augustin Valko, Jiří Žůček
Karel Prchal, Jan Syrový, Martin Baroch
Zorka Chrastinová (klapka)
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Song Composer Jiří Malásek
Singer Kühnův dětský pěvecký sbor
Pan Tau a neděle
Pan Tau a neděle
Mr Tau and Sunday
Pan Tau und der Lange Sonntag / Pan Tau und der Lange Sonntag
Ať žije neděle / Pan Tau III
film
featuretheatrical distribution
children
Czechoslovakia, Federal Republic of Germany, Austria
1970
1969—1970
technical Screenplay approved 11 February 1969
start of filming 28 December 1969
end of filming 14 August 1970
projection approval 10 November 1970
the first film copy approved 10 November 1970
premiere 9 April 1971 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 13 May 1971 /suitable for youths/ (kino Hvězda, Praha)
Tvůrčí skupina Švabík – Hofman (příprava), Ota Hofman (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny a vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny), Erich Švabík (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny a vedoucí výrobní skupiny), Dramaturgická skupina Oty Hofmana, Výrobní skupina Ericha Švabíka
short film
29 min
825 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
colour
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Exhibition: 11. celostátní přehlídka československých filmů pro děti Gottwaldov
1971
Zlín / Czechoslovakia