Rodeo

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1972

Production year

1972

Premiere

26 January 1973

Runtime

93 min

Category

film

Genre

drama, family

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Rodeo

Czech title

Rodeo

English title

Rodeo

Summary

One of Vítězslav Jandák’s early film appearances was in 1972 drama Rodeo. Then aged 25, the actor portrayed 18-year-old youngster Imrich who dedicates his life to a passion for motorcycles. Instead of taking his high school exams, the dropout Imrich gets to grips with the hard work required in an automobile repair shop (he also learns about the shady practices of his boss Hasman, played by Josef Somer). Eventually, our hero makes it into the national competition… Eva Trejtnarová stars as Imrich’s unreliable lover from school. Libuše Šafránková plays the daughter of the mathematics professor, and it is she who spurs Imrich to return to his classes. Director Antonín Máša, who was forced to depart the “normalised” Barrandov film studios in Prague under early 1970s socialism, produced this feature in a coproduction arranged between Krátký film Praha and Gottwaldov Studio (now Zlín).

Synopsis

Imrich Křepinský is not able to combine his grammar school studies and his passion for his motorbike. He fails in mathematics and therefore he can be admitted to the final exam first next year. The boys from the gang are indifferent to his failure but the attractive Helena breaks up with him and she gives him an ultimatum for a year. Neither Imrich's family is excited about his failure and his father sells his favourite motorbike as a punishment. The racer Hasman takes note of Imrich during a training and he offers him a job in the garage where he is the boss. Imrich learns here the brighter and darker sides of trainings, races, and the work in the garage. But after a year he is happy - he has a new motorbike and he has been nominated to a nationwide race. Hasman gives him before the race 3 000 crowns, allegedly for his good work, but in reality he wants that Imrich helps him win. Imrich meets the old gang but they don't understand each other anymore. He is also disillusioned with Helena who turns out to be an unfair girl. She borrows from Imrich three thousand crowns and then she drinks them away with the gang. Imrich wants to complete his school and therefore he pays a visit to the math professor. There he meets the professor's charming and talented granddaughter Monika. In the fuss he asks the professor for a loan and surprisingly the professor lends him the money. Imrich gives it back to Hasman and in the race he wins convincingly the first place.

Cast

Vítězslav Jandák

student Imrich Křepinský zvaný Křépa

Eva Trejtnarová

Helena, Imrichova spolužačka

Vladimír Šmeral

profesor matematiky Chaloupecký

Libuše Šafránková

Monika, vnučka Chaloupeckého

Josef Somr

motokrosový závodník Ota Hasman

Eva Jiroušková

Hasmanova snoubenka Emilka

Vladimír Menšík

mechanik Vilda Troníček

Václav Babka

Imrichův otec

Jiřina Třebická

Imrichova matka

Erik Pardus

Silvestr, Imrichův bratr

Věra Galatíková

Moničina matka

Vladimír Ptáček

Moničin otec

Jiří Hálek

trenér motocyklistů Týb

Jiří Kodet

Jeřábek, Hasmanův přítel

Jiří Lábus

Bodlo, Imrichův spolužák

Zdeněk Sedláček

Imrichův kamarád z motokrosu

Alexej Okuněv

spolužák Richard

Zdeněk Rumpík

spolužák s fotoaparátem

Dana Kusá

spolužačka Žaneta

Jiří Krampol

opilý rváč

Dana Řeháková

blondýnka, Hančina kamarádka

Petr Kopřiva

číšník na Živohošti

Jan Faltýnek

hospodský Mašek

Jaroslava Tichá

Maškova žena

Jiří Lír

majitel porouchaného auta

Vladimír Sís

Voice by Oldřich Velen
Egon, Helenin otec

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Jaroslav Petřík

Based on

Karel Štorkán (Rodeo – novela)

Screenplay

Antonín Máša

Director of Photography

Jiří Kolín

Second Unit Photography

Vladimír Kolář

Production Designer

Jan Oliva

Set Designer

František Santarius

Costume Designer

Svatava Sophová

Make-Up Artist

Stanislav Petřek

Sound Designer

František Fabián

Production Manager

Zdeněk Stibor

Unit Production Manager

Vojtěch Kunčík

Consultant

Pavel Kačer

Cooperation

Vladimír Kolář (fotograf), Automotoklub Svazarmu v Holicích, Automotoklub Svazarmu v Poříčí nad Sázavou, Dukla Praha – motokrosový oddíl, Rudá hvězda Praha – motokrosový oddíl, Dukla Olomouc – motokrosový oddíl

Music

Music Composed by

Svatopluk Havelka

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)

Songs

Rodeo

Song Composer Svatopluk Havelka
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer Eva Pilarová

Tichá putyka

Song Composer Jiří Eliáš
Writer of Lyrics T. R. Field
Singer Vladimír MenšíkJosef Somr

Jenom ty mě, můj koníčku

Singer sbor

Andromeda

Song Composer Ivo Pavlík
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Čort
Singer Věra Špinarová

Nemám zájem

Song Composer Jaroslav Uhlíř
Writer of Lyrics Miloň Čepelka
Singer Naďa Urbánková

Production info

Original Title

Rodeo

Czech Title

Rodeo

English Title

Rodeo

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

drama, family

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1972

Production Year

1972

Production specifications

projection approval 16 November 1972
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986

Premiere

premiere 11 January 1973 /suitable for youths/ (kino Metro, Praha)
preview 24 January 1973 (kino Oko, Teplice)
premiere 26 January 1973 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

93 min

Original length in metres

2 610 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