Ring a Ring o’Roses
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1977Production year
1977Premiere
25 August 1978Runtime
81 minDirector
Věra Plívová-ŠimkováCategory
filmGenre
children, comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Jak se točí RozmarýnyCzech title
Jak se točí RozmarýnyEnglish title
Ring a Ring o’RosesSummary
Films about filmmaking are a popular way of entertaining viewers. However, the screenwriter and director Věra Plívová-Šimková took a novel approach in 1977: while as usual the protagonist of the amusing narrative Jak se točí Rozmarýny (Ring a Ring o’Roses) is a director, a children’s films writer nicknamed Bonžůrka, the filmmaking world is seen through the eyes of children. The process of shooting the kids’ movie The Knee begins with efforts to cast the children’s roles. Bonžůrka and her assistants attempt to find them – just as Plívová-Šimková herself usually does – at auditions of promising non-actors. The female lead requires not only acting ability but also the courage to have her head shaved. Bonžůrka’s story is that of a 12-year-old girl who after a serious viral disease has lost all of her hair – and is recovering at her grandparents’ place in the summer… The trying movie role is finally given to the courageous Rosemary Pavlíčková, whose whole world comes crashing down during filming: her parents get divorced and her childhood love – Kája – starts going out with the long-haired Jana. A realistic, matter-of-fact adult world therefore casts a shadow over carefree childish frolics and friskiness. However, in the end – as usual with Plívová-Šimková – playfulness and joie de vivre triumph over serious subjects and motifs… Iva Janžurová took the lead in the film, which to a marked degree was autobiographical for the director. Dagmar Veškrnová and Jiří Lábus played her assistants. The cast of the crew included Josef Bláha (head of production), Jan Kraus (production assistant), Jiří Krampol (cameraman) and Zuzana Bydžovská (clapper girl). Rosemary was played by then 12-year-old Pavlína Mourková, who like her character had no screen experience. Her career has chiefly been in television but she had a small part in Kruh (Ring) (2001), directed by Plívová-Šimková and Drahomíra Králová.
Synopsis
The director of films for kids called Bonžůrka is scouting together with her loyal assistants Drahuška and Honza actors for her new film The Knee. Children for this film shall not be afraid and shy and they must have talent for acting. Thus the scouting is quite difficult. The most difficult is to find the main part which lost her hair after a serious illness and she has to spent the whole holiday in the countryside with a bald head resembling a knee. Although the visagist does his best an artificial baldness does not solve anything. From the selected little girls only the self-assertive Rosemary called Rozmarýna has the guts to let her long hair cut and shave off her head. Bonžůrka keeps all the time an eye on that the children don't loose their motivation and in between shooting she organizes various games or even a campfire for them. Rozmarýna's parents are getting divorced and when she visits her father in a cottage when she has two days off, her father evidently prefers his young lover to his daughter. The shooting is disturbed by raining and other minor accidents. Rozmarýna is sad because her child love Kája called Kedlubna (Turnip cabbage) is "unfaithful" to her with a pretty Jana with long hair. The shooting is over and everybody comes from the locations in the countryside back to Prague. Rozmarýna wants to be a film director one day and therefore she plays with a gang of children from her neighbourhood on film shooting as she saw the admired Bonžůrka to do it.
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Cast
Iva Janžurová
filmová režisérka zvaná Bonžůrka
Dagmar Veškrnová
asistentka režisérky Drahuška
Josef Bláha
vedoucí výroby Josef
Jiří Krampol
kameraman
Jiří Lábus
asistent režie Honza
Zuzana Bydžovská
klapka Lilka
Renata Mašková
skriptka Eliška
Jana Pehrová
pedagogický dozor Majka
Lenka Termerová
kostymérka Jana
Zdena Hadrbolcová
učitelka biologie
Vladimír Kudla
fotograf
Eva Lecchiová
učitelka
Jan Kraus
asistent výroby Jura
Nina Bártů
babička ve filmu
Jiří Kostka
dědeček ve filmu
Karel Augusta
řidič nákladního auta
Karel Novák
Voice by Mirko Musil
ředitel školy
Petr Skarke
reportér
Pavlína Mourková
Rosemary Pavlíčková zvaná Rozmarýna
Dana Vávrová
Jana Kopecká
Magda Reifová
Adriena
Miriam Chytilová
Renata
Miloš Štorkán
Kája zvaný Kedlubna
Jiří Zahajský
Pavlíček, otec Rozmarýny
Jana Andresíková
Pavlíčková, matka Rozmarýny
Martin Benoni
asistent kamery
Kateřina Křehnáčová
Maruška
Šárka Joklová
Ivanka
Jitka Kocourková
Nanynka
Alena Becková
Iveta
Ivana Těžká
Olina
Robin Marek
Ivan
Michal Gulyáš
Cipísek
Libor Hynek
Pišta
Daniel Krátký
Ušák
Petr Marek (2)
Nyk
Jiří Petkov
tlouštík Daněček
Tomáš Petr
Adam
Michal Pouzar
Láďa
Michal Spáčil
David
Jan Cmíral
režisér v ateliéru
Jaroslav Čermák
maskér Čermáček
Ivo Černý
rekvizitář
Miroslav Matuška
rekvizitář Matuška
Zdeněk Skalický
rekvizitář
Josef Střecha
kameraman
Tomáš Šimek
Veveřák
Dana Kohoutová
asistentka maskéra
Jan Garaj
osvětlovač
Miloslav Jírovec
osvětlovač
Jiří Novák
osvětlovač
Josef Procházka
osvětlovač
František Schwarz
vrchní osvětlovač
Vlastimil Kulíšek
zvukař
Miroslav Helmich
zvukař
V. Janoušek
zvukař
Jiří Štěpánek
zvukař
Josef Záleský
zvukař
Bohuslav Sadílek
stavební služba
Jindřich Sýkora
stavební služba
Jiří Zahrádka
stavební služba
Richard Špůr
služba u kamery
V. Šimeček
služba u kamery
Aleš Václavík
asistent kamery
Jiří Fajt
dubl za dítě v brnění
Stanislava Coufalová
zrzka na konkurzu
Veronika Jeníková
Veronika na konkurzu
Michael Hofbauer
rošťák
Sylva Kamenická
holčička na konkurzu
Juraj Zach
asistent v ateliéru
Mikuláš Křen
tříletý chlapeček
František Malý (2)
agregátník
Věra Černohorská
dubl za Pavlínu Mourkovou
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Jaroslav Hrubeš
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Set Designer
Ivo Černý, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Titles Designed by
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Ivo Pitrák, Milan Brabec
Unit Production Manager
Juraj Zach
Cooperation
Lidmila Eybergerová (klapka), Alena Červená (fotografka)
Music
Songs
Láska, nebe, peklo, ráj
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Rytíř
Singer Jana Kratochvílová
Tak to má být
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Rytíř
Singer Lenka Kořínková
Sekyra je za dva zlatý
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer dětský sbor
Neviděli jste tu mé panenky
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer dětský sbor
Šel bych za kovboje
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Rytíř
Singer Miloš ŠtorkánDagmar VeškrnováDana VávrováPavlína Mourková
Production info
Original Title
Jak se točí Rozmarýny
Czech Title
Jak se točí Rozmarýny
English Title
Ring a Ring o’Roses
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children, comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1977
Production Year
1977
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 9 February 1977
start of filming 7 March 1977
technical Screenplay approved 30 May 1977
end of filming 19 December 1977
projection approval 22 December 1977
withdrawal from distribution 1 July 1993
Premiere
premiere 25 August 1978 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Laboratories
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina filmů pro děti a mládež, Ota Hofman (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
81 min
Original length in metres
2 338 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: 2. mezinárodní festival dětských filmů Alençon
1987
Alençon / France
Vítěz
Event: Soutěž belgických filmových distributorů Brusel
1979
Brusel / Belgium
Vítěz
Event: 17. mezinárodní soutěž filmů pro děti a mládež Gijón
1979
Gijón / Spain
Vítěz
Festival: 18. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov
1978
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Pavlína Mourková
Vítěz
Festival: 18. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov
1978
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Pavlína Mourková
