Three Men Travelling
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1973Production year
1973Premiere
30 November 1973Runtime
98 minDirector
Oldřich LipskýCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Tři chlapi na cestáchCzech title
Tři chlapi na cestáchEnglish title
Three Men TravellingSummary
The origins of this 1973 comedy stretch back more than 10 years to a 1962 television series. That series, Tři chlapi v chalupě (Three Men in a Countryhouse), spurred the creation of a 1963 film of the same name, directed by Josef Mach. Tři chlapi na cestách (Three Men Travelling) is billed as a loosely related sequel to that motion picture. In the director’s chair on this occasion was that experienced creator of comedies, Oldřich Lipský. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Jiří Dietl. Tři chlapi na cestách sees our country protagonists set out from their family nests in the village of Ouplavice into the big wide world. Grandpa Potůček, (Lubomír Lipský) and his son Václav (Jan Skopeček) take part in the cooperative’s excursion to spa town Karlovy Vary, a Pilsen brewery and some agricultural enterprises in western Bohemia. During the course of a series of misunderstandings and merrymaking, grandfather Potůček decides he will not let problems with sick calves unsettle him, and that he will persevere in his role as the leader of the cooperative... Lubomír Lipský was not old enough to play the role of the wise old man in the initial film, but under the direction of his brother he this time takes his chance to create another of his full-blooded, folksy characters.
Synopsis
A bus of co-op farm members is going for a two-day trip from a village Ouplavice to co-op farms, to Carlsbad and Pilsner brewery. Before they leave, father Potůček writes a letter announcing he will resign from the chairman's post due to problems with calves. Among the excursionists there is an energetic Eliška Kacířová who is said to aspire for the co-op chairman's post. The driver wants to enchant the attractive Renátka, she, however, prefers the taciturn Honza. A young manageress in Tachov region called Kadlčíková forbids them entering a modern calf-shed due to the sick calves. Father Potůček nicks a porter and has a talk with the manageress. Meanwhile the curious old man takes a fly on a plane and then the pilot tries to catch the bus for him. Kacířová remained secretly in Tachov to look through the calf-shed. In Carlsbad the Ouplavice people stay in the same hotel, however men and women separately. Extremely jealous Nedomová is outwitted by disguised grandfather Potůček. Father Potůček returns to Tachov. The manageress celebrates their engagement and introduces Potůček as an academian whose arrival was expect. The scientist having come soon does not disclose it, as he knows both of them care for the same - to find out the calf disease origin. "A man of the world" Bobeš succumbs the temptation and gets to a secret poker gambling, he does not lose all his money only thanks to father Potůček. Renátka gets angry with both Honza and the driver and slaps them. Kacíř seeks his wife at the hotel and when she appears with father Potůček in the morning, he provokes fist fighting out of jealousy. The bruised co-op farm members are going to a brewery where they make it up with each other, and father Potůček finally changes his mind about his resignation.
Note
Hovorka is the name of the character of both Lubomír Kostelka and Karel Hovorka – they both are addressed this name in the film.
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Cast
Lubomír Lipský
děda Potůček
Jan Skopeček
otec Václav Potůček
Ladislav Trojan
vnuk Venda Potůček
Kateřina Frýbová
průvodkyně
Jiří Krampol
řidič autobusu Emil
Vlastimil Brodský
zootechnik Béďa Nedoma
Stella Zázvorková
Nedomova žena
Karolina Slunéčková
družstevnice Eliška Kacířová
Jan Libíček
Kacíř, Eliščin manžel
Jaroslav Moučka
družstevník Bohouš Bobeš
Zdena Hadrbolcová
Mařka, Bobešova žena
Jaroslava Obermaierová
vedoucí teletníku Kadlčíková
Jiří Schmitzer
Honza
Naďa Konvalinková
Renátka
Lubomír Kostelka
karbaník Hovorka
Jiří Lír
karbaník Kašpar
Marie Rosůlková
stará dáma
Václav Lohniský
valchař
Bořivoj Navrátil
valchař
Karel Effa
valchař
Oldřich Musil
dánský host v hotelu
Vladimír Šmeral
akademik Troníček
Josef Beyvl
vrátný teletníku
Jiří Hrzán
pilot
Oldřich Velen
otec Kadlčíkové
Josef Hlinomaz
recepční v Karlových Varech
Lenka Kořínková
dívka z porodny vepřů
Vlastimil Hašek
vedoucí porodny vepřů
Miroslav Homola
vedoucí slepičárny
Karel Hovorka ml.
zootechnik v porodně
Zdena Burdová
Zdenička
Jiří Flíček
Horák
Darja Hajská
Přibková
Marie Hübschová
Poláková
Zora Jiráková
Renátčina matka
Vlasta Kleinová
Pešková
Václav Kotva
řídící učitel Pešek
Blažena Kramešová
Blaženka
Jan Kuželka
Přemek
Vladimír Matějček
chlapec průvodkyně
Jitka Zelenohorská
Voice by Alena Procházková
chovatelka lišek
Bert Schneider
mechanik
Petr Štěpánek
snoubenec Kadlčíkové
Jana Válková
mladá recepční
Milena Steinmasslová
dívka
Josef Brozman
muž
Alena Procházková
Tachovačka
František Voborský
Tachovák
Otto Ohnesorg
Tachovák
Jaroslav Kůrka
Tachovák
Karel Hovorka
myslivec Hovorka
Jana Drastíková
servírka v baru
Jana Riháková
dívka na svatbě
František Smejkal
kapelník ouplavické kapely
Karel Braniš
člen kapely
Václav Dvořák
člen kapely
Václav Fiřtík
člen kapely
Josef Frcek
člen kapely
Václav Ješátko
člen kapely
Stanislav Kloc
člen kapely
Jan Kubíček
člen kapely
Antonín Kühnel
člen kapely
Alois Rybín
člen kapely
Jan Vanžura
člen kapely
Ladislav Vondráček
člen kapely
Jaroslav Tachovský
křídlovkář
Karel Smrž
harmonikář
Rudolf Rokl
dirigent tanečního orchestru
Stanislav Zeman
člen tanečního orchestru
Vladimír Hruška
člen tanečního orchestru
Felix Slováček
člen tanečního orchestru
Jiří Kysilka
člen tanečního orchestru
Jaromír Ondroušek
člen tanečního orchestru
Jaroslav Klenot
dubl za Lubomíra Lipského
Václav Veselý
dubl za Lubomíra Lipského
Karel Vítek
dubl za Jana Skopečka
Jiří Klenot
dubl za Vlastimila Brodského
Jaroslav Tomsa
dubl za Jiřího Líra
Karel Hlavička
dubl za Jiřího Hrzána – pilot
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Jiří Býček
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivo Černý, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Věra Kadeřábková (klapka), Jan Kuděla (fotograf), Státní statky o.p. Tachov
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček), Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach), Orchestr Rudolfa Rokla (Music Conducted by Rudolf Rokl)
Songs
Škoda lásky
Song Composer Jaromír Vejvoda
Writer of Lyrics Václav Zeman
Singer sbor
O nás dvou
Song Composer Pavel Bayerle
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Dvořák
Singer Yvetta SimonováMilan Chladil
Jednou dvakrát
Song Composer Jaromír Vejvoda
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Jacura
Singer Lubomír Lipskýsbor
Živijó, živijó
Production info
Original Title
Tři chlapi na cestách
Czech Title
Tři chlapi na cestách
English Title
Three Men Travelling
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1973
Production Year
1973
Production specifications
projection approval 31 July 1973
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1988
Premiere
gala premiere 28 November 1973 (Plzeň a Tachov)
premiere 29 November 1973 /suitable for youths/ (kino Sevastopol, Praha)
premiere 30 November 1973 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Miloše Brože, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
98 min
Original length in metres
2 670 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 12. festival českých a slovenských filmů Nitra
1974
Nitra / Czechoslovakia
