''Dobře placená procházka'' (English title: ''Worth While'' or ''A Well Paid Walk'') is a Czech musical and film.

History

This "jazz opera" was written by

Jiří Suchý Jiří Suchý (born 1 October 1931) is a Czech film actor, writer and stage actor. He also writes music. Currently he is the owner of the theatre Semafor in Prague where he has performed for many years and which he helped to establish in 1959. ...

and

Jiří Šlitr Jiří Šlitr (15 February 1924 in Zálesní Lhota near Jilemnice – 26 December 1969 in Prague) was a Czech songwriter, pianist, singer, actor and painter. Together with Jiří Suchý he significantly influenced Czech pop music and theatre in ...

. The play was directed by

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, and had its premiere on 15 June 1965 at the Semafor Theatre. It was also performed at various theatres throughout Europe, in

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, and

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. In 2007, the play was performed at the National Theatre in Prague.

Film

*Directed by Miloš Forman and Ján Pele. *

as Postman *

Eva Pilarová Eva Pilarová, née Bojanovská (9 August 1939 – 14 March 2020) was a Czech jazz and pop music singer. Biography Pilarová was born in Brno. She started singing during her childhood, including classical music. She studied singing at the Ja ...

as Vanilka *

as Advocate * René Gabzdyl as Uli * Hana Hegerová as Auntie from Liverpool

Productions

Divadlo Semafor, Praha

*Directed by Miloš Forman. Premiere: 15 June 1966. *Jiří Suchý as Postman *Eva Pilarová/

Naďa Urbánková Naďa Urbánková (born Naděžda Balabánová; 30 June 1939 – 3 February 2023) was a Czech singer and actress. Life and career Born in Nová Paka, Urbánková grew up in Borovnička and graduated as a nurse at the Higher Medical School in ...

as Vanilka *Jiří Šlitr as Advocate *René Gabzdyl as Uli *Hana Hegerová/Naďa Urbánková as Aunt Brockefeller

National Theatre, Prague

*Directed by Miloš Forman and

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. Premiere: 22 April 2007. *Jiří Suchý/ Petr Macháček/ Zbyněk Fric as Postman * Dagmar Zázvůrková/ Jana Malá as Vanilka * Petr Stach/Zbyněk Fric as Uli * Petr Píša/ Tomáš Trapl/ Lukáš Kumpricht as Advocate * Tereza Hálová/ Zuzana Stivínová/ Jitka Molavcová as Aunt from Liverpool * Jana Fabiánová/ Beatrice Todorová/ Irena Magnusková as Beautiful Girl * Miroslav Lacko/ Petr Wajsar as Accordionist

External links

Czechoslovak Film Database (2009)Czechoslovak Film Database (1966)National Theatre
Czech musical films Czech plays Czech musicals 1965 musicals {{Czech-film-stub