Old Man Joe
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1976Production year
1976Premiere
23 September 1977Runtime
105 minDirector
Antonín KachlíkCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Náš dědek JosefCzech title
Náš dědek JosefEnglish title
Old Man JoeSummary
Director Antonín Kachlík’s 1976 nostalgic comedy is set in the 1950s in a Moravian winemaking village. Like in Václav Vorlíček’s “Wine” trilogy, made around the same time, the village seems like an idyllic place, but an ideological struggle is brewing beneath the pastoral veneer. Old countryman Josef is a seasoned winemaker whose everyday reality is interspersed with vivid memories. Unlike his son Petr (Oldřich Vykypěl), Josef realises the importance of joining the new state cooperative, just as he knows that his grandson (Svatopluk Skopal) must leave his hometown and go to medical school. Bohuš Záhorský, who was 70 at the time, stars as the 96-year-old protagonist with a passion for collectivisation.
Synopsis
Grandpa Josef is ninety-six-years old. He and his wife have brought up seven children and he often remembers the happy and sad moments of their lives together. It is the Vintage of 1949: Josef must testify before a court where Šantala stands accused for the murder of his father. Easter Sunday: How grandpa took the boys in. Josef helps the boys steal the maypole but they have to give him half of their winnings - thirty litres of wine. A hunt: Huntsmen celebrate a successful hunt in a pub where the old man's grandson is being accepted as a member of the Hubert Guild. Christmas: Josef recalls a Christmas when he worked as a coachman for a baron and his master fell into a fishpond during a coach race. New Year's Eve: Celfótr dreams of becoming a verger. Josef gets the incumbent verger so drunk for the New Year's Eve that the man cannot perform his duties at the church, and so Celfótr's dream comes true. Early spring: A co-operative is being founded in the village. Josef's son Petr is against the idea. Spring: The old man's wife Anna is frail. He wants to make her chicken soup, but Anna dies before he finishes cooking. Hay Harvest: Members of the newly founded co-operative work together, only Petr harvests alone. Josef and his friends come along to help. Holy Warriors: Seeing a procession, the village youth take off their clothes imitating the Hussite early nudist Adamite movement and get onto a roof to everybody's total embarrassment. One day the old man says goodbye to his grandson, a medical student. He reminds the young man not to forget that he comes from a family of simple folk.
Note
As a result of actor Ladislav Pešek´s illness, the role of Celfótr was recast by Vladimír Hlavatý.
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Cast
Bohuš Záhorský
děda Josef
František Filipovský
švec Jan Pokorný zvaný Prťák
Miroslav Homola
Chroust, bývalý obecní policajt
Otomar Korbelář
Frantina Oujezdský zvaný Šantala
Josef Kemr
Francek, syn Oujezdského
Vladimír Hlavatý
Huňáček zvaný Celfótr
Svatopluk Skopal
Josefův vnuk
Jiřina Šejbalová
Anna, Josefova žena
Oldřich Vykypěl
Petr, Josefův nejstarší syn
Vladimír Menšík
Vejmelka zvaný Trdlifaj
Arnošt Faltýnek
Kvasnička
Antonín Ženčák
Psota
Rudolf Chromek
hostinský Bekiš
Marie Motlová
Bekišova žena
Ladislav Večeřa
lesmistr Marek
Jiří Brož
Lojza
Jiří Bruder
statkář Cetl
Jaromír Crha
Voice by Jaroslav Vágner
děkan Kudláček
Jana Ebertová
Zlámalka
Miloš Kopecký
baron
Oldřich Janovský
farář
Rudolf Jurda
dr. Pátek
Vladimír Hrubý
regenschori
Jana Robenková
žena regenschoriho
Jarmila Lázničková
nuzačka
Jiří Lír
komorník Fricek
Petr Pospíšil
Ivan
Ladislav Křiváček
Emánek Cepeš
Alena Růžičková
Cepeška
Helena Růžičková
vdova
Svatopluk Skládal
kramář Čejka
Miloslav Svoboda
kostelník Vincek Kubiš
Václav Švorc
soudce
Robert Vrchota
starosta Dunděra
Stanislav Zindulka
příslušník SNB Cancour
Olga Hauková-Šteflová
Cancourka
Jan Cmíral
kovář
Ladislav Gzela
myslivec Maděrič
Stanislav Fišer
starý myslivec/sedlák
Zdeněk Kampf
učitel Vranka
Miloslav Homola
Vondráček
Mojmír Heger
Hejda
Karel Heřmánek
první stárek Milín, vnuk dědy Josefa
Zdena Kružíková
stárková
Jiří Jurka
Olin
Helena Hrazdilová
Bláža
Jaroslav Kohut
Pepča
Pavel Rubeš
Zlámal
Maroš Kramár
Borek
Jan Kuželka
tlustý Kulis
Zdeněk Loveček
Bogan
Petr Maláč
Eda
Jiří Olijnyk
Zuzák
Zbyšek Olšovský
kostelník Šaňo/člen kapely
Jarmila Žáková
Máňa
Ivan Tříska
Kódl
Jaroslav Toms
Tučný
Zdeněk Ševčík
Vinda
Edita Dindělová
Andula, Kulisova žena
Arna Mohelská
Tonka/poštmistrová
Zdeněk Blažek
muž nesoucí baldachýn/člen kapely
Jiří Šašek
Francek Vatling
Lubomír Bryg
Pán Bůh
Dagmar Hachová
Petra
Helena Kružíková
matka
Otakar Moučka
otec
Vladimír Brabec
lovec
Jan Heger-Kučera
lovec
Milan Jedlička
lovec
Miroslav Knoz
lovec
Eduard Pavlíček
lovec
Jaroslav Šanda
lovec/dubl za Bohuše Záhorského
Eva Foustková
členka panstva/babka
Milena Kaplická
členka panstva/babka
Marie Landová
členka panstva/babka
Věra Petáková
členka panstva/babka
Jiří Bruder
člen panstva
František Kubíček
člen panstva
Miroslav Mokošín
člen panstva
Josef A. Stehlík
člen panstva
Robert Vrchota
člen panstva
Jaroslav Klenot
mladý sedlák
Jindřich Sejk
mladý sedlák
Lubomír Bryg
sedlák
Lumír Peňáz
okresní tajemník
Jaroslav Synák
advokát
Renáta Fröhlichová
společnice/slečinka
M. Hervertová
společnice/slečinka
Daniela Pokorná
společnice/slečinka
Václav Hladík
muzikant
Vojtěch Kheck
muzikant
Bohumil Koška
muzikant
Josef Maršík
muzikant s bubnem
Ota Robek
muzikant
Ferdinand Šnajberk
muzikant
Bohuslav Kupšovský
muzikant
Miloslav Chmelař
opilec
Vladimír Linka
opilec
Pavel Robin
opilec
Lubomír Krystlík
ministrant
Rudolf Pešek
ministrant
Karel Vítek
kočí
Jiří Sládek
Honzík
Karel Smrž
harmonikář
Jaroslav Tomsa
praktikant
Jindra Kvardová
žena v publiku u soudu
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Roman Pavlíček, Jarmila Čajová
Based on
Jaroslav Matějka (Náš dědek Josef – román)
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Karel Kočí, Stanislav Krejča
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jana Fischerová
Cooperation
Helena Matušková (klapka), Miloslav Mirvald (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Georges Bizet (Carmen /Toreadore smělý/)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Zdálo se mi, má panenko
Singer sbor
Moravo, Moravo
Song Composer Ludvík Dietrich
Writer of Lyrics Václav Hanka
Singer Bohuš ZáhorskýFrantišek FilipovskýMiroslav HomolaVladimír Hlavatý
Ty lesníku kouzelníku, ty jsi lesa pán
Singer sbor
Půjdem spolu do Betléma
Singer sbor
Zasviť m,i ty slunko zlaté /Vystěhovalec/
Song Composer Alois Jelen
V Hodoníně za vojáčka mňa vzali
Singer sbor
Production info
Original Title
Náš dědek Josef
Czech Title
Náš dědek Josef
English Title
Old Man Joe
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1976
Production Year
1976
Production specifications
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
Premiere
festival premiere 16 June 1977 (28. filmový festival pracujících – léto ´77)
premiere 23 September 1977 /suitable for youths/
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
105 min
Original length in metres
2 925 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: 28. filmový festival pracujících – léto '77
1977
52 měst / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Festival: 15. festival českých a slovenských filmů Bratislava
1977
Bratislava / Czechoslovakia
Bohuš Záhorský
Vítěz
Festival: 28. filmový festival pracujících – léto '77
1977
52 měst / Czechoslovakia
Josef Illík
Vítěz
Festival: 28. filmový festival pracujících – léto '77
1977
52 měst / Czechoslovakia
Bohuš Záhorský
Vítěz
Event: Výroční ceny Československého spisovatele
1974
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Matějka
