The Social Lions
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1978Production year
1977—1978Premiere
1 December 1978Runtime
83 minDirector
Jaromír BorekCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Lvi salónůCzech title
Lvi salónůEnglish title
The Social LionsSummary
Screenwriter and director Jaromír Borek specialised in films for children and youth. However, Lvi salónů (The Social Lions, 1978) is a comedy about an eccentric builder from Ostrava, who encounters all the temptations of the big city while constructing a tenement building in Prague. The hero Fery strikes up a friendship with his naive colleague Pepík, with whom he shares a trailer on the building site. A cafe singer named Virginia begins to threaten Pepík’s carefree existence. The worldly-wise young woman is only interested in money and soon lures the infatuated young man into an unenviable situation. Fery helps his friend out of trouble… The lead roles were played by Josef Dvořák (Fery) and Jan Hartl (Pepík). The beautiful Virginia was portrayed by Jana Válková, while Dagmar Veškrnová played cinema usherette Helenka, the nice girl who also becomes involved in the men’s lives.
Synopsis
Hundreds of workers from various parts of the country work at a future Prague residence neighbourhood. The bricklayer Fery is known as a racy strange man that refuses to stay at a lodging house and stays in a caravan just at the construction site. At a football match an Ostravian Fery has a fight with an Slávie fan Pepík Perlík. Both of them have to pay a fine. Nevertheless, Fery is friendly and suggests Pepík making up as he realizes they know each other from work. They go together to a dance café and Pepík falls in love with a singer Viržinie. Fery arranges Pepík is taken into a work group of foreman Skácel where they are not very particular about long working hours but they can earn nice money. He also puts him up in his caravan. He reasons a rather naive Pepík his relationship with Viržinie interested only in money. Pepík wants his older friend meet a likeable cinema usherette Helenka. Fery's sceptical attitude to women is caused by his ex-girlfriend having taken his saved money for a car and then letting him down. Pepík is supposed to watch material at the construction site but instead of this he spends three nights with Viržinie. She milks five thousand crowns from him and then she disappears. The material is stolen, Fery gets it back, but the money is gone. Only Helenka brings a hope that there are also nice and decent women.
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Cast
Josef Dvořák
zedník Fery Kaplan
Jan Hartl
zedník Pepík Perlík
Jana Válková
zpěvačka Viržinie
Dagmar Veškrnová
uvaděčka Helena
Zdeněk Sedláček
Přemek, Pepíkův spolubydlící
Július Vašek
mistr Skácel
Josef Střecha
Franta
Josef Hlinomaz
Lideček, majitel hausbótu
Václav Lohniský
zedník Adámek
Zdeněk Loveček
svářeč Bohouš
Vladimír Hrabánek
zedník Kryštofek
Věra Beranová
prodavačka ve foto kino
Světlana Nálepková
dívka z Alfy
Jitka Horská
dívka z Alfy
Jana Rabová
dívka z Alfy
Jitka Švandová
dívka z Alfy
Milada Vnuková
dívka z Alfy
Jindřich Hinke
mladý příslušník VB
Miluše Šplechtová
dívka podobná Viržinii
Karel Koloušek
Jindřich Jura
Zdeněk Skalický
dlouhý vrchní
Mirko Musil
Gavlík
Antonín Pokorný
muž s knírkem
Jaroslav Pešice
příslušník VB
Jan Teplý
hospodský Bouček
Alexander Henkrich
chlap
Bohumil Koška
chlap
Václav Matějíček
chlap
Pavel Robin
chlap
Jitka Nováková
Voice by Luba Skořepová
žena se psem
Milan Kindl
tlustokrký
Ladislav Ejem
hudebník v Monice
Václav Novák (hudebník)
hudebník v Monice
Karel Engel
montér
Zdeněk Srstka
montér
Jaroslav Tomsa
montér
Ludvík Wolf
montér
Jiří Sládek
rváč
Jaroslav Šanda
rváč
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Milan Kadlec
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Marcel Kříž, Jiří Matějka, Eva Slívová
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Stunts
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Petr Čapek, Dana Dudová
Unit Production Manager
Pavel Brunclík
Cooperation
Zina Kršková (klapka), Jaroslav Trousil (fotograf), Montované stavby Praha n. p.
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Malá noční hudba)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), Orchestr Komety (Music Conducted by Jiří Kaleš)
Songs
Pojď, svět je přece krásný
Singer Jana Válková
Keď som sediel s kamarátmi
Singer Július Vašek
Production info
Original Title
Lvi salónů
Czech Title
Lvi salónů
English Title
The Social Lions
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1978
Production Year
1977—1978
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 12 May 1977
technical Screenplay approved 4 July 1977
start of filming 5 July 1977
end of filming 23 February 1978
projection approval 22 March 1978
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
Premiere
premiere 1 December 1978 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Miroslava Hladkého, Miroslav Hladký (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
83 min
Original length in metres
2 367 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
