How to Become a Gentleman
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1971Production year
1971Premiere
28 June 1973Runtime
16 minDirector
Bohumil SobotkaCategory
filmGenre
slapstickTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Jak se státi gentlemanemCzech title
Jak se státi gentlemanemEnglish title
How to Become a GentlemanWorking title
Jak se stát gentlemanemSynopsis
Cars control life of a modern man. Even Mr Andělín decides to get a driver license. His manners of a gentleman in his normal life he takes over also behind the steering wheel. He gives priority to each pedestrian, he passes by each puddle from a distance and he is an exemplar for everybody. He receives the desired license and he buys a new Skoda car. In this moment he stops to be an angel, as the instructor considered him to be in the beginning. Mr Andělín drives in the streets carelessly, he drives in every puddle and he likes it when pedestrians are bedabbled. The driving school instructor shoots himself out of fear. The pedestrians wait for Andělín and together with a points man they are after him across Kampa. In the end they catch the trespasser and the points man tears his driver license to pieces and he hands out the pieces to the aggrieved persons.
Note
This was an order for BESIP (Organization for Safety in the Road Traffic).
Photos
Cast
Svatopluk Beneš
řidič Andělín
Stanislav Fišer
učitel v autoškole
Václav Štekl
řidič Roburu
Lubomír Bryg
cyklista
Helena Růžičková
rozhněvaná žena
Jan Libíček
dopravní strážník
Bohumil Sobotka
chodec
Vladimír Hrubeš
muž s novinami
Otakar Hertl
brýlatý muž
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Consultant
Helga Šrůtková
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Jak se státi gentlemanem
Czech Title
Jak se státi gentlemanem
English Title
How to Become a Gentleman
Working Title
Jak se stát gentlemanem
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
slapstick
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1971
Production Year
1971
Premiere
premiere 28 June 1973 /suitable for youths/ (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 28 June 1973 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní /kina Nonstop '60/)
Distribution slogan
no caption
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
16 min
Original length in metres
448 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
