The Operation Danube
Category
filmGenre
historical, tragicomedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Operace DunajCzech title
Operace DunajEnglish title
The Operation DanubeCo-production title
Operacja DunajSummary
A tragicomedy derived from the events of 21 August 1968, when the then Czechoslovakia was invaded by the “friendly forces" of the Warsaw Pact. The film was based on the director's theatre play and tells the story of a Polish tank that gets lost in the Czech lands during the invasion. Everything is the fault of the dilatoriness of the Lady Bug (name of their tank) unit, which set out from the Polish barracks last and immediately got lost over the border. They made their way to a small town and unfortunately the tank rammed into a pub where they were just ending the celebration of the station head Kulka who was retiring. This event caused a happy and sad chain of events of the Polish tank units and Czech townspeople.
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Cast
Jiří Menzel
Oskar
Eva Holubová
Andrea Čapková
Bolek Polívka
Jiří
Jaroslav Dušek
Gustav
Rudolf Hrušínský ml.
Kulka
Jan Budař
Ota
Vojtěch Dyk
Pavel
Monika Zoubková
Helenka
Martha Issová
Petra
Maciej Nawrocki
Jasiu
Maciej Stuhr
Florian
Przemysław Bluszcz
Romek
Magdalena Biegańska /ž/
Lidka
Zbigniew Waleryś
Honza
Grzegorz Wojdon
Zdeněk
Paweł Wolak
Lubomír
Joanna Gonschorek /ž/
major Grążlowa
Zbigniew Zamachowski
kapitán Grążel
Tomasz Kot
puručík Jakubczak
Jarosław Gruda
Plutonowy
Adam Cywka
sanitář
Waldemar Ratuszniak
sanitář
Rafał Cieluch
Kola
Bogusłav Stribrny
Pietrow
Katarzyna Dworak /ž/
Gabriela Fabian /ž/
Magdalena Skiba /ž/
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Agnieszka Kik /ž/, Jiří Kačírek ml., Krzysztof Łukaszewicz, Lukáš Tratina
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Stunt Coordinator
Producer
Production Manager
Production Manager
Consultant
František Koch (vojenství), Michał Olton (vojenství)
Cooperation
Jiří Menzel (režijní supervize)
Czech subtitles
Lenka Tyrpáková
Subtitles Made by
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Bedřich Smetana (Smyčcový kvartet e-moll T116 Z mého života, část 3 Largo sostenuto)
Songs
Po ten kwiat czerwony
Song Composer Jerzy Wasowski
Biały krzyż
Song Composer Krzysztof Klenczon
Production info
Original Title
Operace Dunaj
Czech Title
Operace Dunaj
English Title
The Operation Danube
Co-production Title
Operacja Dunaj
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
historical, tragicomedy
Origin country
Poland, Czech Republic
Copyright
2009
Production Year
2009
Premiere
gala premiere 21 July 2009 (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)
distribution premiere 23 July 2009 /suitable for all ages/
Distribution slogan
When we go to the pub, we take a tank.
Production
IN Film Praha spol. s r.o., Odra-Film (koprodukce), Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej (spolupráce), Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych
Copyright Holders
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych I Fabularnych, IN Film Praha spol. s r.o., Odra-Film
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
104 min
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,85
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Dolby Digital
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, Polish
Subtitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
