People from the Subway
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1974Production year
1974Premiere
17 May 1974Runtime
84 minDirector
Jaromil JirešCategory
povídkový filmGenre
socialist-realism, short-storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Lidé z metraCzech title
Lidé z metraEnglish title
People from the SubwaySummary
Many artists of the Czechoslovak New Wave had to publicly atone for their works of the 1960s by making films that were openly subservient to the “normalisation” ideology. Among them was Jaromil Jireš, the director of a forbidden drama based on a Milan Kundera novel, Žert (The Joke, 1968). Following his poetic tale of a young communist girl waiting for execution in a Nazi prison, …a pozdravuji vlaštovky (Greetings to the Swallows, 1972), Jireš realised the narrative film Lidé z metra (People from the Subway, 1974). Incorporating the construction of the C line of the Prague metro, he takes us into the personal stories of the three protagonists: an estranged couple is reunited through the demolition of an old house, an old labourer aids the completion of the project with an idea, and an emotionally alienated Polish worker is able to change his life when he finds an old coin. The characters are brought together during a trial run of the new metro line… The interesting casting enhances the quality of the film.
Synopsis
Three short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and finalizing construction of subway and their lives crossed at certain points of this construction.
Photos
Cast
Václav Neužil
inženýr Brousek, hlavní projektant
Hana Sekyrová
Brouskova žena
Bohdan Pavlík
syn Brouskových
Ivan Vyskočil
svářeč Cyril Svojtka
Jitka Molavcová
Ivana
Ferdinand Krůta
Brunclík, Cyrilův kolega
Petr Kopřiva
číšník v baru
Josef Nechutný
Cyrilův přítel
Bohuš Záhorský
baraba Bohuslav Fiala zvaný Bulfas
Ladislav Pešek
projektant inženýr Jan Roháček
Zdeněk Řehoř
inženýr Röckl
Bohumil Šmída
Čihák, Bulfasův kamarád
Vladimír Hlavatý
Junk, Bulfasův kamarád
L. H. Struna
Kačer, Bulfasův kamarád
Vladislav Beneš
Kamil Mašek
Libuše Geprtová
Andulka
Jiří Ptáčník
inženýr Havránek
Bohuslav Čáp
Brázda
Vojtěch Ron
hostinský U zeleného stromu
Jaromír Hanzlík
Bogan, řidič pásového nakladače
Július Vašek
Babiak, mistr na stavbě
Jiří Hálek
překupník Motejlek
Kateřina Macháčková
studentka archeologie Jana Říhová
Jiřina Krejčíková
úřednice Jitka
Eva Trejtnarová
Dagmara
František Husák
asistent fakulty archeologie
Stella Májová
prodavačka ve starožitnostech
Josef Koza
vrátný Franta
Rudolf Růžička (2)
vrchní číšník
Olga Seidlová
účetní
Emil Kavan
vrátný
Rudolf Kalina
kamelot
Karel Hovorka
Voice by Lubomír Kostelka
číšník
Jiří Flíček
tajný
Bohumil Koška
tajný
Josef Střecha
kameraman
Jaroslava Schallerová
dívka v baru
Petr Baran
výrostek
Karel Urban
výrostek
Rudolf Tesáček
baraba
Jan Krafka
baraba
Karel Hovorka ml.
baraba
Jiří Čutka
baraba
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Bohumír Schwarzer, Jiří Knotek
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Ing. Karel Matzner
Cooperation
Danuše Kubátová (klapka), Zdeněk Dukát (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Antonín Dvořák (Rusalka /árie Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém/)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Na Šumavě je dolina
Production info
Original Title
Lidé z metra
Czech Title
Lidé z metra
English Title
People from the Subway
Category
povídkový film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
socialist-realism, short-story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1974
Production Year
1974
Production specifications
projection approval 19 March 1974
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
Premiere
gala premiere 30 April 1974 (kino Sevastopol, Praha)
premiere 2 May 1974 /suitable for youths/ (kino Sevastopol, Praha)
premiere 17 May 1974 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Miloše Brože, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 372 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
