The threat of disruption to the golden wedding anniversary of a deserving miner provided the theme for a light comedy made in 1972 by director Jaroslav Mach. Grandpa Kubza decides to invite the extended family to the anniversary celebration, including his daughter Anděla who is trying to hide the fact that she is about to get a divorce. And when grandpa disappears and everyone is convinced he has spent the night with flirtatious widow Putifarka, grandma begins to want a divorce too. Everything is eventually explained to everyone’s satisfaction and all the bruised relationships heal… Although the script of this jovial film and Mach’s rather noncommittal directing do not exactly amount to a brilliant foundation, the motion picture still offers a respectable display of good acting. The ageing couple are played by Bohuš Záhorský and Jiřina Šejbalová. They are supported by, for instance, Vladimír Menšík, Radovan Lukavský and Jiří Sovák.
Retired miner Valuš Kobza from a mining village of Kamenice has been preparing a great party: he is going to celebrate golden wedding with his wife Christine. Grandma Kobzová wants to look superb for this occasion. She wants to look good because all the family is coming, including the Prague branch of the family, her daughter Anděla, her son-in-law Jarda and their children Olga and Honzík. Anděla is about to get divorced, but Jarda promised to play the role of a happy husband because of her parents. Olga does not like the comedy and refuses to go to Kamenice. The day before the wedding grandpa Kubza with his son Tony go to pub to have a "stag party". In the morning, the family finds Tony in a wrecked car, but they cannot find the grandpa. Both sons-in-law keep searching for him across the village. Olga eventually decides to come to the wedding, but she wants to come secretly. When a tractor driver Ferda helps her in crossing a brook, they both fall to cold water. Olga's wet clothes on the washing line get stolen by Ferda's friends. Ferda takes Olga to the town to buy new clothes, but they got caught by a overzealous policeman. Nobody can find grandpa Kubza. They think that he had spent the night at a flirtatious widow Putifarka. Grandma Kubzová wants to get divorced instead of celebrating the golden wedding. Eventually, grandpa Kubza is found asleep in the forest. The golden wedding can start. Even Olga and Ferda make it to the wedding. Anděla reconciles with Jarda, Putifarka flirts with a bachelor Kubza's son Oldřich. And grandpa Kubza with his beloved wife Christine look forward to their diamond wedding.
babička Kristina Kubzová
děda Valuš Kubza
slévač Tonda, syn Kubzových
řeznice Mařa, Tondova manželka
dojička Žofka, dcera Kubzových
Pepa, Žofčin manžel
Anděla Hanousková, dcera Kubzových
Jarda, Andělin manžel
báňský inženýr Oldřich, syn Kubzov
Olga, Andělina dcera
Honza, Andělin syn
vdova Tomečková zvaná Putifarka
traktorista a vedoucí pionýrů Ferda Pařízek
předseda MNV
učitel
poručík VB Kaderka
praporčík VB
havíř Adam
havíř Lolek
havíř
havíř
Vašek
poštmistr
listonoš
drobný chovatel Choleva
učitelka
traktorista Vincek
hajný Podešva
hasič
hasič
strážmistr VB Poštulka
hasič Josef Gwuzdek
sousedka
manželka předsedy MNV
pořadatel
pořadatel
pořadatel
pořadatel
pořadatel
pořadatel
kapelník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
hudebník
Rudolf Beneš, Josef Calta, Václav Šebek
Jaroslav Vlk, V. Bušek
Marie Ryšlinková, Antonín Kubový
Vladimír Souček (fotograf)
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Song Composer Mirko Hanák
Writer of Lyrics Václav Poláček
Singer Slávka BudínováStanislav Remunda
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Singer dětský sbor
Singer mužský hlas
Zlatá svatba
Zlatá svatba
Golden Wedding
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy
Czechoslovakia
1972
1971
literary Screenplay approved 5 July 1971
technical Screenplay approved 6 September 1971
start of filming 23 September 1971
end of filming 6 December 1971
projection approval 18 April 1972
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
premiere 18 May 1972 /suitable for youths/ (kino Blaník, Praha)
premiere 2 June 1972 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Dramaturgická skupina Karla Copa, Karel Cop (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny), Výrobní skupina Jiřího Šebora, Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)
feature film
92 min
2 566 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,66, 1:2,35
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Event: Prémie Českého literárního fondu za rok 1972
1973
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Bohuš Pastorek
Festival: 11. festival českých a slovenských filmů Plzeň
1973
Plzeň / Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Mach