Three Men Travelling

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1973

Production year

1973

Premiere

30 November 1973

Runtime

98 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Tři chlapi na cestách

Czech title

Tři chlapi na cestách

English title

Three Men Travelling

Summary

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

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

Lubomír Kostelka

karbaník Hovorka

Jiří Lír

karbaník Kašpar

Marie Rosůlková

stará dáma

Karel Effa

valchař

Oldřich Musil

dánský host v hotelu

Vladimír Šmeral

akademik Troníček

Josef Beyvl

vrátný teletníku

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

Darja Hajská

Přibková

Zora Jiráková

Renátčina matka

Václav Kotva

řídící učitel Pešek

Vladimír Matějček

chlapec průvodkyně

Jitka Zelenohorská

Voice by Alena Procházková
chovatelka lišek

Petr Štěpánek

snoubenec Kadlčíkové

Jana Válková

mladá recepční

Josef Brozman

muž

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

Second Unit Director

Aleš Dospiva

Assistant Director

Jiří Býček

Screenstory

Jaroslav Dietl

Shooting Script

Oldřich Lipský

Director of Photography

Vladimír Novotný

Second Unit Photography

Antonín Holub

Production Designer

Jindřich Goetz

Assistent Production Designer

Rudolf Stahl nejml.

Set Designer

Ivo Černý, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík

Costume Designer

Theodor Pištěk ml.

Film Editor

Miroslav Hájek

Sound Designer

Josef Vlček

Production Manager

Ladislav Novotný

Unit Production Manager

Václav Havlík, Jan Vild

Unit Production Manager

Martin Benoni

Cooperation

Věra Kadeřábková (klapka), Jan Kuděla (fotograf), Státní statky o.p. Tachov

Music

Music Composed by

Vlastimil Hála

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)

Studio

Barrandov

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