The Begining of the World

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2000

Production year

2000

Premiere

2 November 2000

Runtime

87 min

Category

povídkový film

Genre

drama, short-story

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Začátek světa

Czech title

Začátek světa

English title

The Begining of the World

Summary

These three stories take place over the course of a year with their key days being Easter 1999, August 11, 1999 (the day of the solar eclipse) and the last day of 1999. The first episode happens om Easter and its main character, an editor of a local newspaper, is assigned to do an interview on Good Friday with a famous record-breaking javelin thrower, who is also a poet. The second episode tells the tale of how the solar eclipse changes a person's life in an hour. The third episode revolves arround three couples in love, whose fates are intwined by an unusual twist

Synopsis

Three short stories.

Cast

Rudolf Kubík

František Kožík

Jiří Hálek

Karel Havlíček

Radek Žák

Tanzvogel

Miroslav Šimůnek

Druhý František

Petr Brychta

První František

Filip Rajmont

Kajetán Tyleček

Eva Tauchenová

Božena Němcová

Filip Hodač

Adam Kožík

Jan J. Vágner

šéfredaktor

Nela Boudová

servírka

Andrea Bogušovská

dívka v baru

Jiří Pomeje

taxíkář

Dan Svátek

starožitník

Dagmar Vítů

stánkařka Drdácká

Jan Tuna

Jan Tuna

Pavel Melounek

Lev Tykvička

Marie Hořejší

žena v kostele

Jan Pavel II.

Svatý otec

občané města Telče

Crew and creators

Music

Music Composed by

Richard Pachman

Music Performed by

Jiří Bárta /violoncello/, František Eret /housle/, Richard Pachman /klávesy/

Locations

Telč, Třešť, Řásná, Velký Pěčín

Production info

Original Title

Začátek světa

Czech Title

Začátek světa

English Title

The Begining of the World

Category

povídkový film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama, short-story

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2000

Production Year

2000

Premiere

premiere 2 November 2000 /suitable for all ages/ (kino Blaník, Praha)

Distribution slogan

A series that takes place at the turn of the millenium.

Production

Česká televize, TS Ondřej Šrámek (Česká televize), WHISCONTI s. r. o., Fronda Film, spol. s r. o. (spolupráce), Universal Production Partners, spol. s r. o. (spolupráce), Barrandov Studio a.s. (spolupráce)

Export

Telexport

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

87 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Stereo, Digital Theater System, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech