Small Town

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2003

Production year

2003

Premiere

20 February 2003

Runtime

99 min

Director

Jan Kraus

Category

film

Genre

comedy, satire

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Městečko aneb Sláva vítězům, čest poraženým

Czech title

Městečko aneb Sláva vítězům, čest poraženým

English title

Small Town

Summary

A mosaic of stories and episodes from a small town during the transformation from socialism to post-socialist capitalism in the Czech Republic. The directorial debut of actor and moderator Jan Kraus. The cast of minor heroes successfully or less successfully struggle with the change in the social system and with their personal relations.

Cast

Vlastimil Brabec

Tonda, předseda MNV

Ivo Hýbl

starosta

Zelenka

Alena Vrbová

zelinářka

Otto Sepl

Berka ml.

Kamila Trantová

Kolkova dcera

Lucie Kodišová

puberťačka

Veronika Janků

Karlova žena

Jan Šváb

Černý

Ladislav Špiner

Černý ml.

Miloš Pilát

kandidát

Lumír Křapa

Kratochvíl

Lenka Horáková

prodavačka Brožková

Milan Čapík

prodavač

Alena Dlouhá

účetní

Radana Hofmanová

sekretářka

Zdeňka Keclíková

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Kraus

Second Unit Director

Jarmila Fulínová

Assistant Director

Michaela Kunešová

Screenplay

Jan Kraus

Dramaturg

Jan Štern

Director of Photography

Diviš Marek

Camera Operator

Prokop Králíček

Production Designer

Petr Zeman

Costume Designer

Ludmila Pražáková

Film Editor

Jiří Brožek

Sound Designer

Jiří Znamenáček, Michael Kocáb (supervize zvuku)

Co-producer

František Janda, Josef Kokta, Michael Kocáb (Cinemasound)

Production Manager

Jan Štern

Music

Music Composed by

David Kraus

Music Performed by

Pavel Fanta /kytara/, Jan John /bicí/, Tomáš Vychytil /kytara/, Matěj Kroupa /housle/, Dalibor Mucha /basa/, Radek Němec /trubka/, Martin Plachý /altsaxofon/, Jan Šatra /trombon/

Songs

Rodné lány

Song Composer David Kraus
Writer of Lyrics Josef Václav Sládek
Singer David Kraus

Locations

Zbraslavice, okres Kutná Hora

Production info

Original Title

Městečko aneb Sláva vítězům, čest poraženým

Czech Title

Městečko aneb Sláva vítězům, čest poraženým

English Title

Small Town

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, satire

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2003

Production Year

2003

Premiere

premiere 20 February 2003 /recommended for 12 and over/ (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)

Distribution slogan

or Fame to the victors, honour to the defeated.

Production

ČESKÁ TELEVIZE, Centrum dramatické tvorby (ČESKÁ TELEVIZE), S PRO ALFA FILM (koprodukce), Cinemasound

Distribution

Bontonfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

99 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech