Apple Game

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1976

Production year

1976

Premiere

3 February 1978

Runtime

92 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy, morality

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Hra o jablko

Czech title

Hra o jablko

English title

Apple Game

Synopsis

A new nurse - the young Anna Šímová joins the Prague maternal hospital. The vivid girl causes by her rash behaviour various disasters. But she manages though to solve them. When she is not able to call a doctor by telephone, she assists skilfully alone to a young woman giving a birth. Her manners irritate especially the young doctor's assistant John, who is a known womanizer. He dates without any scruples with Marta, an attractive wife of his colleague Arnošt Rýdlo. At the same time he flirts with Anna and after they went to a bar together they end up in bed. The following day is Sunday and the girl makes him go for an outing in nature. The selfish John has always avoided all kinds of obligations towards women, but Anna is different - she is witty, ironic and she has a detached point of view. John has troubles with his PhD thesis. He tries to manage it with a minimal input. He is surprised when he thinks that Anna is pregnant. After they visit some relatives in the countryside, he almost proposes her, but the girl tells him, she is not pregnant. Arnošt catches John and Marta in bed, his scientific research is cancelled due to serious shortcomings and the disgusted and actually pregnant Anna leaves the hospital. After some time John is fired and he leaves to a village maternal hospital. There he meets Anna, who is in advanced pregnancy. But the young woman reacts to his arrival with a slight irony.

Note

The premiere was originally scheduled for June 17, 1977, but was pushed back to February 1978.

Film online

Cast

Dagmar Bláhová

zdravotní sestra Anna Šímová

Jiří Menzel

asistent MUDr. Josef John

Jiří Kodet

MUDr. Arnošt Rýdl, Johnův kolega

Evelyna Steimarová

Marta, Rýdlova manželka, Johnova milenka

Nina Popelíková

Johnova matka

Jiří Lábus

Pavel Šíma, Annin bratr

Jana Synková

laborantka

Nina Divíšková

těhotná žena

Petr Nárožný

manžel těhotné ženy

Ilja Prachař

cestující ve vlaku

Eva Kačírková

sekretářka

Zdeňka Vanišová

zdravotní sestra Božka

Jana Prachařová

zdravotní sestra

Gabriela Osvaldová

zdravotní sestra

Jana Slánská

telefonující mladá matka

Jana Smrčková

Hanáková

Daniela Pokorná

dívka ze zemědělství

Jana Riháková

žákyně zdravotní školy

Dubbing

Jiří Zahajský

hlas venkovana

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Petr Švéda

Assistant Director

Vladimíra Vlková

Dramaturg

Vladimír Blažek, Kristian Topič (vedoucí dramaturg KF Praha)

Director of Photography

František Vlček

Second Unit Photography

Jan Malíř

Production Designer

Vladimír Labský

Assistent Production Designer

Petr Bárta

Set Designer

Josef Müller, Jiří Žůček

Costume Designer

Irena Greifová

Film Editor

Alois Fišárek

Sound Designer

Adolf Nacházel

Production Manager

Antonín Vaněk

Unit Production Manager

Jaroslav Cígler

Consultant

Jan Šturma, Antonín Doležal

Cooperation

Pavel Štecha (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Miroslav Kořínek

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Milivoj Uzelac)

Songs

Praha je krásná

Song Composer Josef StelibskýJaroslav Mottl
Writer of Lyrics Karel Melíšek
Singer Jitka Nováková

Tři sta třicet přání /330 přání/

Song Composer Miroslav Kořínek
Writer of Lyrics Jan Schmid
Singer Jitka Nováková

Production info

Original Title

Hra o jablko

Czech Title

Hra o jablko

English Title

Apple Game

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, morality

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1976

Production Year

1976

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 30 September 1991

Premiere

premiere 3 February 1978 /unsuitable for youths/

Production

KF Praha

Copyright Holders

Ateliéry Bonton Zlín (Ateliéry Bonton Zlín odkoupily na základě smlouvy dne 15. 3. 2000 od KF Praha 100 % práv výrobce filmu)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

92 min

Original length in metres

2 614 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

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 3. mezinárodní festival filmového humoru Chamrousse

1978
Chamrousse / France

Vítěz

Festival: 14. mezinárodní filmový festival Chicago

1978
Chicago / United States of America
Jaroslav Fišer

Vítěz

Festival: 11. mezinárodní filmový festival Miami

1978
Miami / United States of America

Vítěz

Festival: 10. mezinárodní filmový festival Panenské ostrovy

1977
Americké Panenské ostrovy / United States of America

Vítěz

Festival: 13. mezinárodní filmový festival Chicago

1977
Chicago / United States of America

Vítěz

Festival: 10. mezinárodní filmový festival Panenské ostrovy

1977
Americké Panenské ostrovy / United States of America
Jiří Menzel