The Hic Team
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1976Production year
1976Premiere
29 July 1977Runtime
92 minDirector
Hynek BočanCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Parta hicCzech title
Parta hicEnglish title
The Hic TeamSummary
The benefits of drinking milk as a natural way of staving off silicosis (or the “dust disease” or “grinder's asthma”), an occupational disease that affects miners, is promoted in this 1976 comedy. Unpretentiously shot, the film recounts a battle between pit mine bosses and a group of miners with a bad reputation. The lazy drifters, whose motto betrays their poor attitude to work, are in the end forced to drink milk as part of a test group. Over time, the health, morale and job performance over these miners improves... The film, nowadays of interest particularly thanks to its bizarre theme, was directed by Hynek Bočan. Due to his politics, Bočan had not been allowed to work at Prague's Barrandov film studios for several years. The studio let him take the helm of a film production for the first time with Parta hic (The Hic Team). The cast features many well-known actors, including Josef Kemr and Vladimír Menšík.
Synopsis
Engineer Laciga is going away on a two-month work trip to Poland. His fiancée Alice is moving to Ostrava, where she has taken a job as a works doctor at a mine just to be with him. The news that the wedding will be delayed infuriates her, especially when Laciga leaves two minutes after her arrival. The energetic young woman moves into the hostel for single people and in revenge she deliberately blocks the bathroom for dozens of her fellow residents, all men. The chairman of the Factory Committee of the Revolutionary Trade Union Janeček and the mine director Kodet want to steer the otherwise very able doctor away from revenge and set her an important task. Alice is to test out the effects of regular drinking of milk as a calcium barrier against silicosis on a sample of miners. Although many miners drink milk, they do it secretly, because it is considered a sign of weakness. For the research, Janeček chooses the least successful group known as the Hic Team - Skivers' Dream. He tries to persuade them individually, and for their wives he organizes a concert by a famous singer who praises milk. Under a new foreman called Krasin the team improves greatly at work, but they refuse milk. Only when they need a social guarantee for their popular colleague Kubík, who they hear is being sought by the police, do they agree to the experiment. Afterwards Janeček tells them that the reason the police are looking for Kubík is that he has saved the lives of two children. The director sends Alice on a six-month work trip to Poland, but Laciga is just coming home. So the betrothed pair once again just miss each other at the station.
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Cast
Václav Babka
předseda ROH Rudla Janeček
Vladimír Menšík
předák horníků Ota Chochola zvaný Krasin
Jan Skopeček
horník Mašín zvaný Čistědonaha
Josef Kemr
horník Hnízdo zvaný Primář
Josef Dvořák
horník Jan Kubík
Ivan Vyskočil
horník Václav Justa
Petr Nárožný
horník a amatérský kouzelník Kynka
Jiří Krampol
horník Franta Fousek
Regina Rázlová
MUDr. Alice Váňová, závodní lékařka
Karel Gott
zpěvák
Jaroslav Moučka
ředitel dolu Ing. Kodet
Jaroslav Satoranský
brigádník MUDr. Kaleš
Adolf Filip
předák Srdínko
Ladislav Trojan
Ing. Mirek Laciga, Alicin snoubenec
Míla Myslíková
Oli, Hnízdova žárlivá manželka
Karolina Slunéčková
Chocholova žena
Jana Plichtová
mlékařka Kamila, Justova nevěsta
Dagmar Veškrnová
Kynkalova žena
Simona Stašová
Marie, Fouskova manželka
Miriam Kantorková
Mašínova žena
Markéta Světlíková
výpravčí
Milan Šulc
předák Kopřiva
Karel Engel
předák Emil
Jana Břežková
zdravotní sestra Jaruška
Jitka Zelenohorská
sekretářka ředitele Jiřina
Viktor Maurer
konferenciér
Milan Neděla
soused železničář
Karel Augusta
předák Vokoun
Jiří Lír
vrchní číšník
Stanislav Fišer
předák Davídek
Otto Lackovič
předák Brabec
Zdeněk Srstka
předák Huml
Jan Schánilec
předák Lojza Panenka
Mirko Musil
strážmistr VB
Zdeněk Braunschläger
mluvící civil
Vít Pešina
nemluvící civil
Antonín Cajthaml
vrchní číšník
Leoš Jirsák
on sám, major Leoš Jirsák z Federální kriminální ústředny
Roman Mecnarowski
polský ředitel Walusziak
Josef Střecha
vrátný
Ladislav Šimon
horník Šimon
Rudolf Lacko
horník Lacko
Petr Daníček
horník Daníček
Zdeněk Matýska
horník Matýska
Stanislava Vrabcová
servírka
Vladimír Bromský
hudebník
Luděk Cvekl
hudebník
Antonín Dráb
hudebník
Vítězslav Hajda
hudebník
Otakar Jonák
hudebník
Antonín Kaluš
hudebník
František Kajgr
hudebník
Zdeněk Mraček
hudebník
Petr Ptáček
hudebník
Jaroslav Vojkovič
hudebník
Karel Macourek
kapitán VB
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Karel Kočí, Karel Krejčí
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vlasta Synkulová, Alena Losová
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Alexandra Tompichová (klapka), Jiří Kučera (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO, Orchestr Ladislava Štaidla (Music Conducted by Ladislav Štaidl)
Songs
Vůně mléka
Song Composer Ladislav Štaidl
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Dufek
Singer Karel Gottmužský sbor
Production info
Original Title
Parta hic
Czech Title
Parta hic
English Title
The Hic Team
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1976
Production Year
1976
Production specifications
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
Premiere
premiere 29 July 1977 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Miroslava Hladkého, Miroslav Hladký (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
92 min
Original length in metres
2 660 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
