No Terminal – Don’t Get Off!

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1978

Production year

1978

Premiere

22 June 1979

Runtime

84 min

Category

film

Genre

children, comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Nekonečná – nevystupovat

Czech title

Nekonečná – nevystupovat

English title

No Terminal – Don’t Get Off!

Summary

An old train guard’s house near a disused rail track is far more attractive to the kids than the boring drill and games in the nearby summer camp. It’s no wonder – idiosyncratic duo Milan and Julo have decided to spend their vacation in the old property. The pair do what they can to protect their privacy against the little invaders, but the children’s desire for some real fun finally wins them over… This 1978 children’s film directed by Radim Cvrček stars the popular Slovak comedians Milan Lasica and Julius Satinský, who also collaborated on the screenplay. It was the first of many Czech films they both starred in and helped to script (including family sci-fi Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule [Cordially from Earth, 1982]). Václav Babka plays the grumpy camp manager with a passion for organised activities.

Synopsis

Two somewhat crazy friends Milan and Julo resolve to have a peaceful holiday in an old guard house that Julo has bought from his uncle. But in the early hours of the very first morning they are woken up by the loud sound of a trumpet. It is the severe supervisor of a nearby recreation centre forcing the children out of their beds and out to exercise drill. To protect themselves from the children, Milan and Julo put up signs saying "private property". The first to disturb their privacy is the supervisor's little granddaughter Miluška, who uses their shed as her gingerbread house. The children in the camp are disgruntled, the supervisor's programme bores them, and so they make up all sorts of other things to do. Martin called Lapka [Highwayman] is particularly good at inventing adventures, as well as at getting into trouble with the supervisor. The children pay no heed to the warning of the guardhouse owners; they find the young men's extravagant behaviour fun. Finally, they all become friends. One evening, Martin has an idea that short-circuits the supervisor's TV and the boy is expelled from the camp. The supervisor takes him to the station but Martin jumps out of the train and moves in with his grown-up friends. Back at home; his parents don't care about him anyway. The children are building a dam on the stream and the grumpy supervisor is finally getting everything organized. Martin accidentally destroys the almost finished structure, but wins over both the children and the supervisor when he does his best to get the things back in order. The summer vacation is over, and Milan and Julo mull over what to do now the children are gone. But Martin is already walking towards them along the rail tracks...

Note

The film was dedicated to the International Year of Child.

Cast

Matej Landl

Martin Havlíček zvaný Lapka

Václav Babka

správce Břitva

Martina Kubíčková

Voice by Dáša Zajícová
Miluška Vycpálková, správcova vnučka

Roman Kudrna

Gagarin

Lubor Čajka

žalobník Zedníček

Miluše Šplechtová

pionýrská vedoucí Olina

Petr Velebný

Menu

Eva Matalová

kuchařka Morávková

Jana Tomečková

Martinova matka

Vladimír Brabec

Martinův otec

Katarína Pravňanská

Katka

Marcela Luxová

Marcela

Martina Kunčíková

Martina

Zdenek Smolka

Zdenek

Hana Šiková

Hana

Zuzana Pravňanská

Zuzka

Renata Pardubová

Renata

Jitka Braborcová

Jitka

Karel Braborec

Kája

Pavel Zálešák

Pavel

Broňa Kocková

Broňa

Jiří Přikryl

Jirka

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Zdeněk Zydroň

Assistant Director

Věra Dvořáková, Zuzana Mikulenková

Director of Photography

Karel Kopecký

Camera Operator

Juraj Fándli, Arne Parduba

Production Designer

Zdeněk Rozkopal

Assistent Production Designer

Josef Havlíček

Set Designer

Josef Šovíček

Costume Designer

Tatiana Kovačevičová

Film Editor

Ivan Matouš

Assistant Film Editor

Marie Vrlová

Sound Designer

Lubor Hochmann

Production Manager

Vojtěch Kunčík

Unit Production Manager

Věra Kopecká

Unit Production Manager

Lenka Vlčková

Consultant

Zdeněk Adámek

Cooperation

Karel Kopecký (fotograf), Petr Sokol

Music

Music Composed by

Harry Macourek

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)

Songs

Perníková, perníková

Song Composer Harry Macourek
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Oulík
Singer Martina KubíčkováŽaneta Fuchsová

Vítám všechny za rampami

Song Composer Harry Macourek
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Oulík
Singer Július Satinský

Jedeme vlakem plným kouzel

Song Composer Harry Macourek
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Oulík
Singer dětský sbor

Malý kúsok fantázie

Song Composer Harry Macourek
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Oulík
Singer Milan Lasica

Carára bum bum

Singer sbor

Production info

Original Title

Nekonečná – nevystupovat

Czech Title

Nekonečná – nevystupovat

English Title

No Terminal – Don’t Get Off!

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children, comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1978

Production Year

1978

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 31 March 1992

Premiere

premiere 22 June 1979 /suitable for youths/

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

84 min

Original length in metres

2 400 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: 8. festival dětských filmů České Budějovice

1979
České Budějovice / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 19. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1979
Zlín / Czechoslovakia