Forbidden Trip

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1981

Production year

1980—1981

Premiere

1 May 1981

Runtime

71 min

Category

film

Genre

historical

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Zakázaný výlet

Czech title

Zakázaný výlet

English title

Forbidden Trip

Working title

Povídka z dělnického kalendáře / Povídky z dělnického kalendáře

Summary

A historical event provides the background to director Štěpán Skalský’s film drama Zakázaný výlet (Forbidden Trip, 1981); the shootings by armed police into crowds of workers’ children in Radotín on April 20, 1930. The story’s teenage heroine Boženka, the daughter of an impoverished washerwoman from Prague, lives a life of poverty and deprivation. One day her teacher offers her a prominent singing role in the workers’ choir and her life is transformed. However, on a tragic visit to Radotín, she is cruelly reminded of the unjust world she lives in… Talented actress and singer Pavlína Mourková starred in another of the many features that depict the First Czechoslovak Republic as a time of social injustice and oppression. The role of her politically conscious mother, who has been exhausted by years of hard labour, was embodied by the perfectly cast Jana Březinová. Experienced actor Jaroslav Satoranský played the part of the benevolent teacher.

Synopsis

The thirteen-year old girl Boženka Zimová lives with her mother and two younger siblings in a one-room basement flat. There is an economic crisis and the widowed mother earns a living for the family by washing laundry for the wealthy. The earnings are small and Boženka must therefore help out, singing on the street with her uncle Toník, an accordionist. Sometimes they have to run from the police, and Boženka has trouble at school, too. She is introduced to an entirely different world in the homes of her mother's customers where she takes the washed and ironed laundry. She dreams about herself in a beautiful and rich environment. She meets a boy called Pepík, who is a little older than her, and a shy emotion is born between the two. Pepík takes her to the clubroom of the Red Pioneers where Boženka also meets her kind teacher. The girl moreover meets a cabaret singer, Lída, who recollects her street performances. She gives Boženka a dress and even arranges free singing lessons for her with the cabaret piano player. After a quarrel with Lída, Boženka runs away to the clubroom and finds it in flames. The young people, helped by the adults, immediately start building a new clubroom. Lída admits her mistake and reconciles with Boženka. The moments of joy which the girl spent with Pepík are, however, over - the boy's family is moving to the industrial town of Kladno for work. The Pioneers are getting ready for the youth gathering in the village of Radotín, but their schoolmaster bans the trip. The young people nevertheless set off to Radotín. Boženka meets Pepík again. The youth parade is confronted by the gendarmers. Boženka climbs up a hill and starts singing. A salvo rings out and the shot girl falls to the ground. Boženka suffers a severe wound but she eventually recovers after a long treatment.

Note

The film was a contrubution of the Film Studio Barrandov to the 16th Congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party.

Cast

Pavlína Mourková

Boženka Zimová

Hana Maciuchová

zpěvačka Lída Marková zvaná Lili

Jana Březinová

maminka Zimová

Miloš Kopecký

klavírista

Oldřich Navrátil

harmonikář Tonda, Boženčin strýc

Carmen Mayerová

paní domácí

Monika Kvasničková

Irenka, dcera domácí

Karel Koloušek

strážník

Bohuslav Ličman

velitel četníků

Karel Fridrich

portýr v kabaretu

Marie Hřebíčková

vedoucí průkopníků

Karel Hábl

otec Irenky

Filip Renč

chlapec-princ

Jovanka Žáková

Anička, sestra Boženky

Filip Žák

Frantík, bratr Boženky

Soňa Novotná

nohatá holčička

Lukáš Bech

usmrkánek

Richard Knotek

střapatý kluk

Jakub Kučera

hubeňour

David Burdych

bosý kluk

Tomáš Šimek

kluk v klubovně

Václav Kotva

hudlifidlista

Jan Cmíral

ředitel školy

Jiří Bruder

strážník

Vladimír Kratina

tatínek Zima

Vlastimila Vlková

žena peroucí na valše

Ivana Kubicová

tanečnice

Stanislava Martínková

tanečnice

Jana Ostrá

tanečnice

Helena Štěrbová

tanečnice

Jana Robenková

šatnářka

Soňa Aratorová

švadlenka

Jindra Kvardová

žena v okně

Martina Janů

dívka z klubovny

Jindra Peroutková

dívka z klubovny

Regina Zahradníková

dívka z klubovny

Jaroslav Tomsa

muž na chůdách

Tomáš Muchka

poslíček

Ladislav Lahoda

živá reklama

Jaroslav Pechek

živý manekýn

Jiří Gilík

hudebník

Václav Harmáček

hudebník

Michal Hejna

hudebník

Pavel Klikar

hudebník

Jiří Malý

hudebník

Zbyněk Malý

hudebník

Oleg Petruš

hudebník

Milan Pěkný

hudebník

Michal Pospíšil (hudebník)

hudebník

Jiří Serafín

hudebník

Tomáš Velínský

hudebník

Ladislav Zámečník

hudebník

Commentary

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Lada Vacková

Assistant Director

Zdeněk Fiala, Bohumila Potůčková

Continuity

Eva Kolářová

Screenstory

Jiří Cirkl

Shooting Script

Štěpán Skalský

Director of Photography

Josef Illík

Second Unit Photography

Zdeněk Prchlík

Camera Operator

Jiří Zavřel

Production Designer

Karel Lier

Assistent Production Designer

Libuše Jahodová

Set Designer

Milan Bábik, Lubomír Kafka, Jiří Matějka, Eva Slívová, Karel Vaňásek

Costume Designer

Marie Franková

Film Editor

Jiří Brožek

Assistant Film Editor

Růžena Hejsková, Eva Horázná

Sound Designer

Karel Jaroš

Production Manager

Jaroslav Kučera

Unit Production Manager

Milan Futera, Milan Brabec

Unit Production Manager

František Nejedlý, Rudolf Mráz, Roman Smítko

Consultant

doc. Václav Pletka, Josef Lipš

Cooperation

Barbora Brožková (klapka), Jiří Kučera (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Vlastimil Hála

Selected Music

Zdeněk Fibich (V podvečer /část Poem/)

Music Performed by

Rudolf Suk /sólo na harmoniku/, FISYO (Music Conducted by Mario Klemens), Originální pražský synkopický orchestr (Music Conducted by Pavel Klikar)

Choreographer

Ivana Kubicová

Songs

Ulice zpívá /Valčík/

Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Ladislav Brom
Singer Ondřej Havelka

Červený šátečku, kolem se toč

Singer Jana BřezinováPavlína Mourková

Silnice šedivá

Song Composer Josef Dobeš
Writer of Lyrics Saša Razov
Singer Oldřich NavrátilPavlína Mourková

Panenka pro štěstí

Song Composer Karel Hašler
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hašler
Singer Pavlína Mourková

Rozkvetlý svět

Singer dětský sbor

Hájku, háječku

Singer sbor

Šly panenky silnicí

Singer sbor

Holka modrooká

Singer sbor

Slib

Song Composer František Škroup
Singer Pavlína Mourková

Spadl lístek z javora

Singer Pavlína Mourková

Maninský pochod

Production info

Original Title

Zakázaný výlet

Czech Title

Zakázaný výlet

English Title

Forbidden Trip

Working Title

Povídka z dělnického kalendáře / Povídky z dělnického kalendáře

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

historical

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1981

Production Year

1980—1981

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 12 March 1980
start of filming 2 July 1980
technical Screenplay approved 29 July 1980
end of filming 14 January 1981
projection approval 30 January 1981
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990

Premiere

premiere 1 May 1981 /suitable for youths/

Studio

Barrandov

Creative Group

Dramaturgická skupina Oty Hofmana, Ota Hofman (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

71 min

Original length in metres

2 005 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

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: 21. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1981
Zlín / Czechoslovakia