Cinematography:
Ivan ŠlapetaComposer:
Zdeněk LukášCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Karel Kalaš, Josef Abrhám, Daniela Kolářová, Bedřich Prokoš, Zita Kabátová, Milada Ježková, Ladislav Smoljak, Zdeněk Svěrák (more)Plots(1)
A comedy about the “biggest operation in the history of moving” that ostensibly embraces the poetic appeal of the Jára Cimrman Theatre. The film is built upon minor absurdities of social and private life, which are developed with delicacy and playfulness and serve to unmask the pettiness and folly of both individuals and period attitudes. A multiple flat exchange involving twelve apartments, which is to take place during the course of a single day, provides a source of scintillating, comic situations and verbal humour that has become part of local oral tradition. Even so, more sombre notes filter through, particularly in the voices of the married couple portrayed by Daniela Kolářová and Josef Abrhám, conveying the uncertainty and transience of human existence. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Elementary School (1991)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Karel Kalaš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
Prodaná nevěsta (1962) (TV movie)
Blues pro EFB (1980)
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Daniela Kolářová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Bedřich Prokoš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Zita Kabátová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Želary (2003)
Milada Ježková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Ladislav Smoljak
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Zdeněk Svěrák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Karolina Slunéčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Rudolf Vodrážka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
Jaroslav Vozáb
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Marie Málková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
All My Compatriots (1968)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Běsi (2008) (theatrical recording)
Věra Kalendová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
Zora Božinová
Denmark
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Ball Lightning (1978)
The Portrait (1947)
Emilie Zíchová
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Velká sázka o malé pivo (1981) (TV movie)
Petr Brukner
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Vlasta Žehrová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Rudolf Pechan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
How About a Plate of Spinach? (1977)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Vít Olmer
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Ball Lightning (1978)
The Devil's Trap (1961)