Breach

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production year

1956

Premiere

15 February 1957

Runtime

78 min

Category

film

Genre

drama, psychological

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Roztržka

Czech title

Roztržka

English title

Breach

Synopsis

Jana and Petr's marriage is in crisis. Petr has no time for Jana and life in the same flat with Petr's parents also brings a lot of problems. The young couple is hoping that their relationship will improve over a holiday spent together. Jana goes alone to her hometown for the holiday. Petr will join her later. Young woman spends a pleasant day with her boyfriend from youth Toník. After waiting in vain for Petr she then returns to Prague. Toník, who after meeting his old girlfriend falls in love again, asks Jana to meet him. A letter from Toník provokes a big argument between the married couple. Petr is jealous and Jana leaves him. Engineer Král, Petr's superior, feels that the main cause for the young couple's problems is the fact that they have no privacy. So he moves Petr to a company flat inside the company buildings complex. But Petr stays in the flat alone. Jana hurries after Toník, who is working on the building of a bridge. There she discovers that Toník also has his work which is influencing his private life. Jana returns to Prague and reconciles with Petr in their still unkempt flat.

Cast

Stanislava Seimlová

úřednice Jana Černá

Václav Voska

inženýr Petr Černý, Janin manžel

Otto Lackovič

Toník, Janin kamarád z dětství

Věra Bublíková

Helena Králová, Janina přítelkyně

Martin Růžek

Král, Helenin muž, Petrův nadřízený

Zdeňka Baldová

Petrova matka

Bedřich Vrbský

Petrův otec

František Holar

inženýr Kováč

Terezie Brzková

Dvořáková

Jana Brejchová

dívka tančící v baru

Josef Vinklář

mladík tančící v baru

Václav Dobeš

elegán

Eman Fiala

prodavač tureckého medu Procházka

Miroslav Svoboda

prodavač planet

Zuzka Lonská

zpěvačka

Anna Pitašová

žena v Esplanadu

Jiří Sehnal

muž u baru

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Zbyněk Brynych

Director of Photography

Václav Huňka

Second Unit Photography

Jiří Štaud

Camera Operator

Ladislav Vinklárek, Jiří Štaud

Production Designer

Boris Moravec

Costume Designer

Libuše Hozová

Sound Designer

Karel Cajthaml

Special Effects

Trikový ateliér

Production Manager

Gustav Rohan

Unit Production Manager

Antonín Kubový, Václav Dobeš

Music

Music Composed by

Dalibor C. Vačkář

Selected Music

Jacques Offenbach (Hoffmannovy povídky /Barkarola, Les contes d'Hoffmann/)

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)

Songs

Zdál se mi sen

Song Composer Dalibor C. Vačkář
Writer of Lyrics Herbert WardJiří Brdečka
Singer Zuzka Lonská

Production info

Original Title

Roztržka

Czech Title

Roztržka

English Title

Breach

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama, psychological

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production Year

1956

Production specifications

projection approval 14 December 1956
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1966

Premiere

premiere 15 February 1957 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Sevastopol /4 týdny/, Kyjev /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden/, Arbes /1 týden od 22. 2./ a Aero /1 týden od 1. 3./, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Feix – Daniel, František Daniel (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Karel Feix (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

78 min

Original length in metres

2 232 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech