Directed by:
Alfréd RadokScreenplay:
Adolf BranaldCinematography:
Jaromír HolpuchComposer:
Jan F. FischerCast:
Raymond Bussières, Ginette Pigeon, Luděk Munzar, Radovan Lukavský, Josef Hlinomaz, Annette Poivre, Antonín Šůra, Svatopluk Beneš, Oldřich František Korte (more)Plots(1)
A plane lands at the airport, and various objects from the beginning of the 20th century are unloaded from it, including an old car. A young mechanic and an air-hostess are looking through an album with yellowed photographs and the story unfolds before their eyes. The Czech history of motorsport began when Laurin and Klement founded their motorcycle factory. In 1904, the first motorcycle race was held in the Dourdan, in France, and the Czechs participated. Czech mechanic František and Nanette, daughter of the French mechanic Frontenac met and fell in love at this race. The Czech driver Vondřich came in second because of a break-down. In 1905, the race was held again, Vondřich secured himself with an extra supply of spare parts and won. Nanette and František, who were writing to each other the whole year, met each other again. After motorcycles, cars started being produced everywhere and, in the year 1909, the first car race was held in the French Gaillon. Czech driver, Count Kolowrat, won the race. His mechanic František married his beloved Nanette in the local church. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Raymond Bussières
France
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Ginette Pigeon
France
Best movies:
Witness in the City (1959)
Girls in Uniform (1958)
Vintage Car (1956)
Luděk Munzar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Give the Devil His Due (1984) - narrator
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Radovan Lukavský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Josef Hlinomaz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Annette Poivre
France
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Les Copains du dimanche (1958)
Antonín Šůra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Svatopluk Beneš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Oldřich František Korte
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vintage Car (1956)
Cubs (1957)
Miloš Kopecký
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Josef Červinka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Ther Death of the Black King (1971)
The Secret of a Great Narrator (1971)
Jiří Hojer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Poisoned Light (1921)
The Good Soldier Švejk (1925)
Tři vejce do skla (1937)
Miroslav Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Olga Světelská
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Miloš Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silvery Wind (1954)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Vintage Car (1956)
Antonín Jedlička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Creation of the World (1957)
Josef Příhoda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Jindřich Narenta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Cremator (1968)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Jiří Lír
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Adolf Branald
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vintage Car (1956)