Tragic Monday

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production year

1960

Premiere

14 October 1960

Runtime

76 min

Category

film

Genre

drama, psychological

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Zlé pondělí

Czech title

Zlé pondělí

English title

Tragic Monday

Working title

Čistý stůl

Synopsis

Radek Turnovský, Ondra Kovář and Pavel Vítovec indirectly cause an accident in which their schoolmate Zdeněk Fábera ends up under a truck and is seriously hurt. The boys run off. Radek soon becomes conscientious and worried about Zdeněk. He seeks help from his father, but the old man has neither the time nor temper to listen. He himself experiences an annoying conflict in the factory and moreover rushes to the rehearsal of the factory orchestra. In the meantime, Ondra hides on the roof, waiting for the results. Pavel confesses to his father, but his reaction, too, is disappointing: the father is afraid that the accident would affect his position in the bank. Therefore, he orders Pavel to keep his mouth shut. To make sure, he locks him in his room and does not even allow Radek to see him. Radek runs to the Fáberas', but no one is at home. Although it is evening already, the desperate Radek decides to go directly to the hospital. There he finally learns that Zdeněk underwent successful surgery and will live. The hard day ends well, after all. And in the front of the hospital, Radek's father is waiting for the boy. They both are sure now that they are going to understand each other better in the future.

Cast

František Maxián

Radek Turnovský

Karel Smyczek

Pavel Vítovec

Jiří Stáňa

Ondra Kovář

Dušan Veselý

Zdeněk Fábera

Alka Hamříková

Hanka, Ondrova sestra

Oldřich Vykypěl

Václav Turnovský, Radkův otec

Jiřina Švorcová

Saša Turnovská, Radkova matka

Ladislav Pešek

Bedřich Vítovec, Pavlův otec

Libuše Havelková

Pavlova matka

Jana Rubášová

Jarmila, Pavlova sestra

Vlasta Chramostová

Jiřina Kovářová, matka Ondry a Hanky

Rudolf Deyl ml.

pilot Vojta, Jiřinin přítel

Eman Fiala

Václavův otec, Radkův dědeček

Martin Růžek

Antonín Smetana, Bedřichův nadřízený

Jarmila Smejkalová

Smetanova žena

Vladimír Hlavatý

František Zuna, Václavův kolega

Dobroslav Čech

Fábera, Zdeňkův otec

Jana Kalášková

Fáberová, Zdeňkova matka

Václav Kyzlink

svědek nehody

Miroslav Doležal

staršina SNB

František Hanus

příslušník SNB

Vladimír Hrubý

příslušník SNB

Vlasta Fialová

slečna v klobouku

Darja Hajská

domovnice

Karla Chadimová

hráčka košíkové

Josef Kemr

muž v pršiplášti

Vladimír Menšík

bubeník Mácha

Ota Motyčka

vrátný v závodním klubu

František Šlégr

vrátný v nemocnici

Stanislava Strobachová

žena v pasáži

Vladimír Čech

muž v pasáži

Orchestr Divadla československé armády

orchestr závodního klubu

Dubbing

Jiřina Bohdalová

hlas zdravotní sestry

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Miroslav Ondráček

Director of Photography

Jan Novák

Second Unit Photography

Adolf Hejzlar

Camera Operator

Karel Hejsek

Production Designer

Vladimír Labský

Set Designer

Jiří Rulík, František Rieger

Costume Designer

Lída Novotná

Film Editor

Miroslav Hájek

Sound Designer

Dobroslav Šrámek, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)

Production Manager

Jaroslav Jílovec

Unit Production Manager

Jaroslav Koucký, Miloš Stejskal

Music

Music Composed by

Svatopluk Havelka

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)

Production info

Original Title

Zlé pondělí

Czech Title

Zlé pondělí

English Title

Tragic Monday

Working Title

Čistý stůl

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama, psychological

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1960

Production Year

1960

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 26 August 1959
technical Screenplay approved 2 December 1959
start of filming 25 January 1960
end of filming 13 June 1960
projection approval 2 September 1960
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966

Premiere

preview 7 October 1960 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 14 October 1960 /suitable for youths/ (kina Arbes /1 týden/, Dukla /1 týden/, Metro /1 týden/, Revoluce /1 týden/, Varšava /1 týden/, Veletrhy /1 týden/ a Vzlet /1 týden/, Praha)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Hostivař

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Kunc, František Břetislav Kunc (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

76 min

Original length in metres

2 166 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