Reflection
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1977Production year
1977Premiere
28 April 1978Runtime
93 minDirector
Jaroslav BalíkCategory
filmGenre
psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
ZrcadleníCzech title
ZrcadleníEnglish title
ReflectionWorking title
Bilance pampelišekSummary
A duo of seemingly incompatible characters – a 50-year-old manager and a 20-year-old student – meet in this slowly moving psychological narrative picture from experienced director Jaroslav Balík. A trade fair in Brno forms the backdrop for this dramatic story of an ageing protagonist looking back on his life. Shot according to a screenplay treatment from Vladimír Kalina, the film relates how Jiří Klíma has to go on a business trip to New York. But he is having issues with his wife and unexpectedly pregnant daughter. Student Kateřina persistently reminds him of an old flame of his, but she has enough sense to put an end to their short relationship. However, the encounter influences Jiří to rethink his attitudes to life, while he also goes on to thwart a disadvantageous deal with a German company in favour of Czech manufacturers… Stanisław Zaczyk and Eva Sitteová perform the leading roles in this 1977 feature.
Synopsis
A recognized foreign trade expert Jiří Klíma, head of the foreign trade department, is offered a job in New York. A fifty years old smart man has not yet felt how quickly the time passes, but new circumstances make him think about his life. His nineteen years old daughter is pregnant. Jiří planned a great future for his only child, now he is seriously disappointed at her decision to get married with driver Zdeněk and drop her studies. He is also surprised at the fact that his pretty wife Dana, a lawyer, does not want to leave with him for the USA. She likes her job and is afraid of loneliness, which she has been experiencing even in Prague, because her husband is extremely busy. Jiří leaves for the Brno Trade Fair where he meets Kateřina, who reminds him of his student love Lucy. Thinking about his past as well as the future, Jiří notices the actions taken by his ambitious colleague Rott who sees himself in Klíma's place, trying to enter into business with a large West German company. Jiří immediately starts to contact Czech manufacturers and negotiate the deliveries of goods that are free from financially inconvenient deliveries from the West. Kateřina finished a few-day affair, asserting that Jiří only saw his long-lost love Lucy in her. Klíma finally decides to stay in Prague, accepting his daughter's decision and hoping that their marital crisis will soon be over.
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Cast
Stanisław Zaczyk
Voice by Miroslav Moravec
Jiří Klíma
Eva Sitteová
studentka Kateřina Jandová/Lucie Larišová
Jana Hlaváčová
právnička Dana, Klímova žena
Luděk Munzar
inženýr Pavel Rott
Jan Machulski
Voice by Vladimír Ráž
německý generální ředitel dr. Reinberger
Josef Vinklář
výtvarník Viktor
Ota Sklenčka
ředitel
Věra Galatíková
oční lékařka
Dagmar Veškrnová
studentka Renata
Ida Rapaičová
sekretářka Elenka
Marie Málková
Rottova žena
Leopold Haverl
milionář Lariš, Luciin otec
Jaroslav Rozsíval
ministr
Václav Lohniský
vrchní číšník Josífek
Vladimír Hlavatý
vrátný
Stanislav Zindulka
Fürst
Oldřich Velen
Ing. Zoubek
Jiří Kostka
správce vily Kazda
Antonín Julínek
otec Jiřího
Yvetta Kornová
Voice by Lenka Kořínková
Marcela, Klímova dcera
Roman Hájek
Zdeněk Přibyl, Marcelin snoubenec
Zuzana Jezerská
Věra
Ivan Richter
Jiří jako student v roce 1947
Julius Hirsch
výtvarník Viktor v roce 1947
Ivo Forst
Karel
Mojmír Heger
řidič Tatry 603 František
Daniel Dítě
Petr
Jiří Jurka
Hanák
Nataša Kalousová
Josefina
Martin Kolár
Ivan
Ljuba Krbová
Irena
Jiří Papež
Šíp
Bořík Procházka
Vaculík
Sylva Sequensová
Slávka
Oľga Solárová
Helena
Bohumil Šmída
Krbec
Otakar Vážanský
ředitel Šmejkal
František Zacharník
ředitel Farda
Martin Učík
brýlatý student Strachoň
Pavel Buchvaldek
spolužák
Karel Habart
spolužák
Marcela Jelínková
spolužačka
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
spolužačka
Zuzana Mixová
spolužačka
Alice Pezlarová
spolužačka
Irena Růžičková
spolužačka
Jaromír Štemberg
spolužák
Daniela Vacková
spolužačka
Jan Vávra
spolužák
Petr Čapek
muž s kravatou
Jarmila Gerlová
zpěvačka
Vlasta Kahovcová
zpěvačka
Jitka Zelenková
zpěvačka
Vldimír Hala
hudebník
Ivo Harnach
hudebník
Rudolf Hrozek
hudebník
Zdeněk Chlup
hudebník
Václav Juračka
hudebník
Dušan Karásek
hudebník
Petr Kobza
hudebník
Arnošt Kraus
hudebník
Bohumil Krčmář
hudebník
Květoslav Opletal
hudebník
Karel Procházka
hudebník
Oldřich Pukl
hudebník
Jiří Suchý
hudebník
Zdeněk Tylč
hudebník
Jan Hřivnáč
pianista
Miloslav Kročil
Pressl
Jan Novotný
předseda
Otakar Staněk
vrchní v Internationalu
Sixt Pokorný
svědek
Pavel Toman
svědek
Jaroslav Tuček
barman v Internationalu
Josef Němeček
nadlesní
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Jan Prokop, Zdeněk Pazdírek
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
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
Věra Lukášová, Petra Havlínová
Unit Production Manager
Jiřina Vaňková
Cooperation
Eliška Moulisová (klapka), Oldřich Křesina (vrchní osvětlovač), Zdeněk Dukát (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Nonet Václava Kozla (Music Conducted by Jan Hrábek), Pražské smyčce (Music Conducted by Jan Hrábek)
Songs
Už zapomeň
Song Composer Karel Mareš
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Jitka ZelenkováJarmila GerlováVlasta Kahovcová
Hrály dudy
Song Composer Kamil Běhounek
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Production info
Original Title
Zrcadlení
Czech Title
Zrcadlení
English Title
Reflection
Working Title
Bilance pampelišek
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1977
Production Year
1977
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 11 March 1977
start of filming 17 March 1977
technical Screenplay approved 23 May 1977
end of filming 13 December 1977
projection approval 21 December 1977
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
Premiere
preview 6 March 1978 (kino Světozor, Praha)
premiere 28 April 1978 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Vladimíra Kaliny, Vladimír Kalina (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
93 min
Original length in metres
2 689 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, Slovak
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 16. festival českých a slovenských filmů České Budějovice
1978
České Budějovice / Czechoslovakia
Eva Sitteová
