The Village of Ležáky 42

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2010

Production year

2009—2010

Premiere

27 September 2010

Runtime

90 min

Category

film

Genre

documentary

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Ležáky 42

Czech title

Ležáky 42

English title

The Village of Ležáky 42

Working title

Ležáky (oni se vrátí)

Summary

This feature-length documentary is the story of one man who survived Nazi terrors and on the fate of a small settlement Ležáky in the Bohemian Moravian Highlands in the Czech Republic.

Cast

Martin Veselý

Jan Pavliš

Petr Žitný

Jiří Potůček

Petr Kubes

mlynář Jindřich Švanda

Alice Šnirychová

Františka Švandová

Michaela Doležalová

Marie Šťulíková

Pavel Doucek

Josef Šťulík

Jaromír Sluka

Karel Kněz

Ilona Bláhová

Anna Knězová

Lída Vlášková

teta Kouřilková

Johanka Jančaříková

Fanynka Burešová

Monika Vodičková

Marie Sýkorová

Kateřina Falcová

Helena Skalická

Tomáš Kolomazník

Gerhard Clages

Libor Strašek

Walter Lehne

Commentary

Radoslav Brzobohatý

vypravění Jana Pavliše

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Pavel Doucek

Assistant Director

Libor Strašek

Screenstory

Miloš Pilař

Screenplay

Miloš Pilař

Commentary by

Miloš Pilař

Shooting Script

Pavel Doucek, Vít Mazánek

Dramaturg

Miloš Pilař

Director of Photography

Vít Mazánek

Second Unit Photography

Miloš Pilař

Production Designer

Josef Hnát st.

Set Designer

Pavel Čermák, Josef Hnát

Costume Designer

Kateřina Pilná

Make-Up Artist

Linda Pavlasová

Film Editor

Miloš Pilař

Sound Designer

Jiří Klenka (mix zvuku), Lukáš Martina

Animation

Miloš Pilař

Special Effects

Miloš Pilař

Visual Effects

Martin Zvolánek (supervize)

Special Effects

Milan Blažek (supervize), Trick SFX – Vít Petrášek, Josef Hnát (pyrotechnik), Josef Hnát ml. (pyrotechnik), Josef Honc (pyrotechnik), Petr Kolář (pyrotechnik)

Titles Designed by

Miloš Pilař

Stunt Coordinator

Pavel Konvalina

Production Manager

Pavel Doucek

Unit Production Manager

Lucie Hamplová

Production Manager

Jana Pilařová

Cooperation

Petra Trojanová

Music

Music Composed by

Martin Štědroň

Production info

Original Title

Ležáky 42

Czech Title

Ležáky 42

English Title

The Village of Ležáky 42

Working Title

Ležáky (oni se vrátí)

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

documentary

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2010

Production Year

2009—2010

Premiere

gala premiere 24 June 2010 (kino Dukla, Pardubice)
distribution premiere 27 September 2010 /recommended for 12 and over/

Distribution slogan

The longest day of a small village. Feature-length documentary film.

Copyright Holders

TRITON FILM

Distribution

TRITON FILM

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

90 min

Distribution carrier

DCP 2-D, DVD

Aspect ratio

1:1,78

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

digital sound

Versions

Czech, English

Dialogue languages

Czech, German

Subtitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech