Hurrah for Bears

Country

Czech Republic, Federal Republic of Germany

Copyright

2000

Production year

2000

Premiere

1 June 2000

Runtime

95 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy, family

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Hurá na medvěda!

Czech title

Hurá na medvěda!

English title

Hurrah for Bears

Co-production title

Der Bär ist los!

Summary

Summer family comedy about 13-year-old Julia who lives with her father in Berlin. Her father sends her to visit her busy mother whom Julia cannot forgive for having abandonned her. In The Šumava Mountains Julia experiences a number of adventures with other children when she tries to save the circus bear Joschka, whom her enterprising mother along with other villages wants to sell to a rich German hunter to shoot.

Cast

Josephina Vilsmaier /ž/

Alexandra

Ivana Chýlková

Lenka, Juliina matka

Naďa Konvalinková

Romanova matka

Armin Rohde

Voice by Alois Švehlík
ředitel cirkusu

Hanni Lentz /ž/

Voice by Květa Fialová
věštkyně

Dana Vávrová

pošťačka

Michael Roll

Juliin otec

medvědice Dáša

zvířata cirkusu Praga Kopecký

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Petr Hartl

Assistant Director

Pavel Typolt

Screenstory

Dana Vávrová

Shooting Script

Dana Vávrová

Director of Photography

Peter Haller von

Second Unit Photography

Vladimír Holomek

Production Designer

Harald Turzer

Costume Designer

Lisy Christl /ž/

Film Editor

Norbert Herzner

Sound Designer

Michael Kranz (mix zvuku), Radim Hladík ml. (mix zvuku), Jiří Kříž, Stefan Bush (design zvuku)

Special Effects

Barrandov Studio a.s.

Special Effects

SFX, spol. s r.o.

Titles Designed by

Martina Bartošová

Executive Producer

Joseph Vilsmaier, Hanno Huth

Production Manager

Jiří Sirotek, Henning Rothkoph

Music

Music Composed by

Petr Hapka

Music Conducted by

Mario Klemens

Production info

Original Title

Hurá na medvěda!

Czech Title

Hurá na medvěda!

English Title

Hurrah for Bears

Co-production Title

Der Bär ist los!

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, family

Origin country

Czech Republic, Federal Republic of Germany

Copyright

2000

Production Year

2000

Production specifications

the end of the distribution monopoly 31 October 2010

Premiere

premiere abroad 6 April 2000 (Berlín, Německo)
premiere 1 June 2000 /suitable for all ages/ (kino Blaník, Praha)

Distribution slogan

Summer Family Comedy.

Production

Studio Sirotek s.r.o., ČESKÁ TELEVIZE, TS Jiří Kavan (ČESKÁ TELEVIZE), Barrandov Biografia a.s., Perathon Film Mnichov, Senator Film Berlin (spolupráce), Barrandov Studio a.s., Centrum českého videa, a. s.

Copyright Holders

Barrandov Biografia a. s., Česká televize, Studio Sirotek s.r.o.

Distribution

Bontonfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

95 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital Surround EX

Versions

Czech, German

Dialogue languages

Czech, German

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech