Straw Hat
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1971Production year
1971Premiere
24 March 1972Runtime
86 minDirector
Oldřich LipskýCategory
filmGenre
burlesqueTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Slaměný kloboukCzech title
Slaměný kloboukEnglish title
Straw HatSummary
This film is based on the 1851 Art Nouveau farce Un Chapeau de paille d'Italie (The Italian Straw Hat) by French dramatist Eugène Labiche. The play was popularised in Czechoslovakia thanks to a transcription by Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich and a run at their Osvobozené divadlo (The Liberated Theatre) in the 1930s. When Werich revived the play at Divadlo satiry (The Satire Theatre) in 1975 he was assisted by Oldřich Lipský who had previously directed a film version of the play scripted by his regular collaborator Miloš Macourek. The comedy Slaměný klobouk (Straw Hat, 1971) stars Miloš Kopecký as the idle dandy Maurice Fadinard who hopes to remedy his financial inadequacy by marrying Helenka (Iva Janžurová), the daughter of a rich greengrocer. However, complications arise in the run up to the wedding when Fadinard’s horse eats a straw hat belonging to a flirtatious lady (Květa Fialová). Her quick-tempered lover (Pavel Landovský) compels our flawed hero to hunt down an exact replacement. The film was a welcome apolitical entertainment, allowing Macourek and Lipský to pursue their favoured genre of farcical comedy.
Synopsis
A Parisian bon vivant, Mr Maurice Fadinard, is broke and has to marry into a fortune. He chooses the young daughter of the greengrocer Nonancourt, the innocent Helenka. In vain, Fadinard asks his future father-in-law to pay him a part of the dowry before the wedding. After leaving Nonancourt, he stops in a grove where he has his last "farewell" date with Lisette. At the same time in the same grove, Lieutenant Emil has a date with the married Anais. Anais has laid down her new straw hat and Fadinard's horse destroys it. Wedding preparations are well under way at Fadinard's flat. Emil and Anais arrive amidst the confusion and demand another hat from Fadinard. Without it, the beautiful lady cannot return home. Fadinard tries a number of things to get hold of a hat, but is not too successful. He keeps looking for one on the way to the church, even after the wedding ceremony. The jealous husband of Mrs Anais learns why Fadinard needs the hat and becomes furious. In the end, Fadinard gets the money from his father-in-law, pays his debts, and Anais gets the hat that Uncle Vezinet has brought for Helenka. Playing the innocent, Anais then comes to Fadinard's flat as if looking for her husband. Cousin Bobin, who is in love with Helenka, takes a shot at Fadinard. He misses, but knocks the hat off Mrs Anais' head. The hat flies out of the window and the horse hitched to the lord mayor's coach eats it.
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Cast
Miloš Kopecký
bonviván Maurice Fadinard
Iva Janžurová
Helenka, Fadinardova snoubenka
Vladimír Menšík
zelinář Bernard Nonancourt, Helenčin otec
Stella Zázvorková
teta Klotylda
Lubomír Kostelka
strýc Charles, manžel Klotyldy
Květa Fialová
Annette Beauperthuisová
Pavel Landovský
poručík Emil, milenec Beauperthuisové
Jiří Hrzán
bratranec Bobin
Ilja Prachař
Albert Beauperthuis, manžel Annett
Jana Šulcová
Lisette, Fadinardova milenka
Josef Kemr
sluha Felix
František Filipovský
šéf tapetářů Briand
Josef Hlinomaz
tapetář Boufon
Jan Libíček
tapetář Durant
Lubomír Lipský
strýc Vezinat
Jiří Lír
věřitel Charpentier
Ota Sklenčka
šéf kanceláře Dubois
Karel Effa
starosta
Helena Růžičková
baronka de Champigny
Otto Budín
host u baronky
Zdena Hadrbolcová
slečna Sarah, host u baronky
Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová
slečna Kristýna
Miroslav Homola
lékař Colasanne
Jana Preissová
služebná Virginie u Beauperthuisů
Jitka Zelenohorská
komorná baronky
Jaroslav Tomsa
lokaj u baronky
Viktor Očásek
sluha u baronky
Jára Pospíšil
klavírista
Karel Augusta
příbuzný Helenky
Václav Švec
příbuzný Helenky
Antonín Soukup
příbuzný Helenky
Růžena Smolíková
příbuzná Helenky
Jana Hana Duffková
příbuzná Helenky
Jan Fleischer
příbuzný Helenky
Jiřina Hautová
příbuzná Helenky
Jiří Menzel
pěvec Nissardi
Josef Vytasil
Pascal, Klotyldin syn
Jiří Hálek
obřadník
Ladislav Herz
lokaj
Jan Kraus
poslíček z čistírny
Ivo Gübel
Achille, host u baronky
Viktor Maurer
Gaston, host u baronky
Karel Hábl
host u baronky
Luďa Marešová
host u baronky
M. Jehličková
host u baronky
Lubomír Břinčil
policajt
Zuzana Fišerová
družička
Monika Hálová
družička
Petra Kodýmová
družička
Marie Horáková
družička
Zuzana Tomková
družička
Barbora Štěpánová
družička
I. Seemanová
družička
Libuše Komancová
žena na ulici
Michaela Mišková
žena na ulici
S. Krátká
žena na ulici
R. Ziková
žena na ulici
Vilém Lipský
muž na ulici
Vít Pešina
muž na ulici
Eduard Pavlíček
muž na ulici
Jan Sieber
muž na ulici
Antonín Samler
muž na ulici
Adolf Široký
muž na ulici
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Based on
Eugéne Labiche (Slaměný klobouk – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivo Černý, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Stunts
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vlasta Synkulová, Jaroslav Vágner
Cooperation
Jana Coufalová (klapka), Jan Kuděla (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Amor, amor, amore mio
Singer Jiří Menzel [dab]
Production info
Original Title
Slaměný klobouk
Czech Title
Slaměný klobouk
English Title
Straw Hat
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
burlesque
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1971
Production Year
1971
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 23 November 1970
technical Screenplay approved 12 February 1971
start of filming 8 March 1971
end of filming 28 June 1971
projection approval 13 September 1971
the first film copy approved 26 October 1971
withdrawal from distribution 28 February 1988
Premiere
premiere 16 March 1972 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Sevastopol, Flora, Morava, Orlík a Dukla, Praha)
premiere 24 March 1972 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Miloše Brože, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny), Výrobní skupina Ladislava Novotného, Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 426 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
