Taking Pleasure Until Broad Day
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1978Production year
1977—1978Premiere
23 March 1979Runtime
95 minDirector
Antonín KachlíkCategory
filmGenre
psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Radost až do ránaCzech title
Radost až do ránaEnglish title
Taking Pleasure Until Broad DaySummary
The literary output of Vladimír Páral offered interesting inspiration for both seventies and eighties filmmakers. Antonín Kachlík was one director who adapted Páral material for the screen. In 1978, he directed Radost až do rána (Taking Pleasure Until Broad Day), a relationship drama set in Most, north Bohemia, and founded on a screenplay written in collaboration with the author. The humorous narration tells the story of unsuccessful student Viola and former train guard Kazan Neburka. Neither protagonist has a job or money, neither tries to give meaning to life. The dream of having a car as a means of escape from cruel reality merely remains an illusion. But finally, the couple have to face reality… This film, in which Páral humorously affirms the conformism and consumer reality of the 1970s, responded to the public appetite. Kachlík cast Eva Tučková (Viola) and Josef Somr (Kazan), who appeared in the first cinematic adaptation of Páral – Hynek Bočan’s Soukromá vichřice (Private Gale, 1967).
Synopsis
The girl Viola lives with her married sister Jana in the town of Most. Jana's husband Jarda reproaches Viola her idle dreaming and incapability to do anything. To the flat there moves Jarda's former colleague Kazan. Viola keeps speaking about her lover Alan but he abandoned her and she in vain awaits him every Friday at a wine bar at a Prague hotel. Viola makes friends with Kazan. They both have neither work nor money but they have their dreams. They long for a car in which one may leave anywhere whenever one likes. Kazan in his idleness rests after ten years of continuous work at the railway. Once he takes Viola by surprise at the hotel. He says that he has killed Alan, packed up her things and that they both have to run away. Viola accepts a play. They become lovers. Viola takes up work at the railway as a transit worker. One day Kazan disappears. At his previous "love of the century" Daniela he secretly takes away keys of her flat. Daniela and her husband take a holiday in Italy. Kazan sells their flat and buys an old car. Viola only pretends enthusiasm. She became fond of settled life. With Kazan they steal into a flat in a desolate house in the old Most which is designed for demolition. The police officer that finds them there recommends them to get married so that they may get a new flat from the railway. The wedding takes place. After returning from Italy Daniela finds unknown people in her flat. Kazan is arrested. But with help of the friends damage is settled and Viola promises to await faithfully Kazan as his legitimate wife.
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Cast
Eva Tučková
Viola
Josef Somr
Kazan Neburka
Lenka Kořínková
Jana Pašková, Violina sestra
Miroslav Rataj
Jarda, Janin manžel
Magda Weigertová
Katka zvaná Asie
Jiří Krampol
Béda, Katčin manžel
Pavel Rubeš
Kryštof
Jana Ebertová
Šárka, Kryštofova žena
Zdeněk Šavrda
číšník Rudolf
Henrietta Kohoutová
železničářka Vlasta
Hana Packertová
železničářka Evka
Jaroslava Vysloužilová
železničářka Irena
Jiří Hasil
Richard Jašek, otec Violy a Jany
Libuše Jiskrová
Matylda, Jaškova manželka
Milada Bednářová
Kazanova žena
Václav Hladík
Petr
Zdena Dančíková
Daniela
Karel Engel
Tonda, Danielin manžel
Tereza Pokorná
Majka
Eva Trunečková
Hanka
Jiří Žák
Mirek
Jan Kuželka
plachý mladík
Jaromír Šnajdr
Franta
Hana Čížková
Frantova žena
Ivan Holub
dědeček
Miloslav Homola
recepční
Přemysl Bečka
nadstrážmistr VB
Věra Kafuňková
Libuše
Milan Kohák
Mašek
Miloš Větvička
Lukáš
Zdeněk Hess
strojvedoucí
Karel Karas
cizinec
Marta Malá
Voice by Ljuba Krbová
tranzitérka Věra
Alena Konopíková
Voice by Lenka Kodešová
Lenka
Patricie Limberská
Renátka
Václav Král
starší muž
Stanislav Oubram
neznámý voják
Regina Razovová
vedoucí
Jiří Růžička st.
úředník
J. Svačina
vrchní
Stanislav Winter
mladíček
Miloslav Štibich
host
H. Vachelovská
barmanka
Jan Večeřa
vrátný
Zdeněk Košata
mladík
L. Kocián
mladík
Jarmila Gerlová
zpěvačka
Vlasta Kahovcová
zpěvačka
Jitka Zelenková
zpěvačka
Ladislav Štaidl
dirigent
Vincenc Kummer
hudebník
Rudolf Rokl
hudebník
Felix Slováček
hudebník
Václav Týfa
hudebník
Jan Žižka
hudebník
František Kubíček
pokladní
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Josef Jarolímek, Jarmila Čajová
Based on
Vladimír Páral (Radost až do rána – román)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Eva Slívová, Vladimír Schejbal, Karel Vaňásek
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Ivana Malíková (klapka), Karel Ješátko (fotograf), Jiří Kučera (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr Ladislava Štaidla (Music Conducted by Ladislav Štaidl), Felix Slováček
Songs
Radost až do rána
Song Composer Ladislav Štaidl
Writer of Lyrics Miroslav Černý
Singer Jiří Korn
Na hradě Okoři
Singer sbor
Production info
Original Title
Radost až do rána
Czech Title
Radost až do rána
English Title
Taking Pleasure Until Broad Day
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1978
Production Year
1977—1978
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 26 September 1977
start of filming 5 December 1977
technical Screenplay approved 13 December 1977
end of filming 9 June 1978
projection approval 30 June 1978
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
Premiere
premiere 22 February 1979 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Blaník, Praha)
premiere 23 March 1979 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
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
95 min
Original length in metres
2 627 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 1:2,35
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: 22. mezinárodní festival zábavné a taneční hudby OIRT
1979
Tampere / Finland
Ladislav Štaidl
