Directed by:
Miloš FormanCinematography:
Miroslav OndříčekComposer:
Jiří ŠlitrCast:
Jiří Suchý, Jiří Šlitr, Věra Křesadlová, Markéta Krotká, Ladislav Jakim, Petr Brožek, Karel Mareš, Bohumil Paleček, Vladimír Hrabánek, Jiří Planner (more)Plots(1)
A double programme of Forman’s documentary beginnings: «Part 1, Why Do We Need All The Brass Bands?, jumps between the rehearsals and performances of two rival brass bands and the competitive attraction of a cross country motorcycle race. In part 2, Audition, a crowd of singers rehearse for a show. Although originally intended as two separate contributions, these two parts form an intelligible whole due to their stylistic and thematic similarities. The approach to both is documentary with carefully interposed fictional elements. With this extremely self-confident early work, we can already see the same equal mixture of cleverness and tenderness that can be found in all of Forman’s early films.» (Bob Baker, Time Out Film Guide) (Zurich Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jiří Suchý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Jiří Suchý: Recitál 1964/2019 (2019) (concert)
Forever Král: Koncertní pocta Ivanu Královi (2021) (concert)
Jiří Šlitr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Zuzana je zase sama doma (1961) (TV movie)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Věra Křesadlová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Larks on a String (1969)
Intimate Lighting (1965)
The Joke (1968)
Ladislav Jakim
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Why? (1987)
Petr Brožek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Ten svetr si nesvlíkej (1980)
Waltz for a Million (1960)
Karel Mareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Larks on a String (1969)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
The Party and the Guests (1966)
Bohumil Paleček
Best movies:
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Vladimír Hrabánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jiří Planner
Czechoslovakia
Antonín Pokorný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
A Night at Karlstein (1973)
Pearls of the Deep (1965)
Renata Tůmová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Bride (1970)
Cubs (1957)
Slečny přijdou později (1966)
Jaroslava Rážová
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
František Pokorný
Best movies:
As Good as Poison (1985)
Looking Back (1968)
The Ninth Heart (1978)
Pavel Sedláček
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Black Peter (1963)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Sylvie Daníčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
A Suburban Villa (1959)
Florenc 13,30 (1957)
Eva Pospíšilová
Best movies:
Pražské blues (1963)
Pavlína Filipovská
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Lucerna aneb Boj o lípu (1994) (theatrical recording)
Člověk z půdy (1961) (theatrical recording)