U nás v Kocourkově
| U nás v Kocourkově | |
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| Directed by | Miroslav Cikán |
| Written by | Miroslav Cikán, Jaroslav Mottl and Karel Poláček |
| Screenplay by | Václav Wasserman |
| Starring | Jan Werich, Jindřich Plachta, and Václav Trégl |
| Cinematography | Jaroslav Blažek |
| Edited by | Antonín Zelenka |
| Music by | Jaroslav Ježek, Julius Kalas |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
U nás v Kocourkově[a] is a 1934 Czechoslovak comedy film, directed by Miroslav Cikán.[1] It stars Jan Werich, Jindřich Plachta, and Václav Trégl. It was one of several films the director made with Werich,[2] and features him as a convict.[3] The idea for the film was suggested by Karel Poláček,[4] with the mistaken identity comic situation borrowed from Gogol's The Government Inspector.[5]
Plot sketch
Kaplan, a convict, manages to escape from the prison. When arriving to Kocourkov, he is mistaken for a returning "young Jalovec", who left the town long time ago and became famous. The citizens elect him for a mayor...
Cast
- Jan Werich as Ferdinand Kaplan - Convict no. 1313
- Jindřich Plachta as Jalovec - poacher
- Václav Trégl as Ludvík Espandr - Barber
- Zdeňka Baldová as Nykysová - widow
- Ladislav Pešek as Dr. Nykys
- Jaroslav Vojta as Mayor Adam
- Hermína Vojtová as the Mayor's wife
- Marie Tauberová as Blazenka
- Svetla Svozilová as Lily - circus performer
- Jaroslav Marvan as Director of prison
- Stanislav Neumann as Prisoner in solitary confinement
- Jaroslav Průcha as Detective
- Jan Richter as Detective
Notes
- ^ Kocourkov is a fictional Czech town of fools.
References
- ^ "U nás v Kocourkově" (in Czech). Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ Frajdl, Jiří (1992). Československá republika, 1918-1938 (in Czech). Diatext. p. 81.
- ^ Opěla, Vladimír (1998). Czech feature film (in Czech). Národní filmový archiv. p. 367. ISBN 978-80-7004-090-4.
- ^ Petr Bednařík, Arizace české kinematografie, 2003, p.130
- ^ Jaroslav Brož, Myrtil Frída, Historie československého filmu v obrazech 1930–1945, Orbis, Praha, 1966, p. 69