Anything but Hot
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1981Production year
1980Premiere
7 August 1981Runtime
81 minDirector
Milan MuchnaCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Matěji, proč tě holky nechtějí?Czech title
Matěji, proč tě holky nechtějí?English title
Anything but HotSummary
Director Milan Muchna adds to the popular 1970s and 80s teenage comedy sub-genre with this 1981 tale of an apprentice bricklayer who is having problems in his love life. Matěj Hůrka is an ordinary young provincial man, who falls in love with the distant Barča. Learning the dos and don’ts of romance only lands poor Matěj in more trouble. The story carries distant echoes of the more famous Ostře sledované vlaky (Closely Watched Trains, 1966), as well as the Czech films of director Miloš Forman. Ivan Weisner, the actor of choice for director Muchna, takes the lead role in this film. Weisner appeared previously in Muchna’s teenage comedy Hon na kočku (Chasing the Cat, 1979) and had a smaller role in his military comedy Zelená léta (The Green Years, 1985). Muchna’s nod to the Czechoslovak New Wave era is underscored by his choice of Milada Ježková in the role of Matěj’s grandmother (the actress appeared in both Closely Watched Trains and Lásky jedné plavovlásky ( Loves of a Blonde, 1965).
Synopsis
An eighteen-year-old bricklayer's apprentice, Matěj Hůrka, falls in love with the young Barbora Cupalová at a village fair, but the girl is pinched from him by the ace Even. Matěj has been living with his grandmother since his mother died and his father remarried. Grandmother Hůrková is about to marry the pensioner Vokurka and does not know how to tell her grandson. Matěj loves nature; he is kind-hearted and is always ready to help in the local cooperative. One day, by chance, he stops by a pond and ends up watching some girls bathing naked. He is recognized and subjected to mockery in the village. A bricklayer's foreman notices Matěj's troubled relationships with women and recommends he court the frivolous signalwoman, Vlasta. But Matěj does not manage to get any love experience with her either. Only Vokurka's granddaughter Tereza makes the boy go with her to a barn outside the village. But Matěj loses his courage when face to face in the unambiguous situation. Barbora realizes Matěj's qualities after her unpleasant experience with Even and gives preference to Matěj at the fireman's ball. The two later end up in the barn, but it starts to burn suddenly. The firemen are, however, insufficiently prepared and the barn burns to the ground. Only Matěj, the young member of the fire brigade, excels when he rescues a cow from from the fire. It is the end of summer. The lovers Matěj and Barbora bathe in the pond, naked. The couple then walks off into a thick forest.
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Cast
Ivan Wiesner
zednický učeň Matěj Hůrka
Dita Kaplanová
Barča Cupalová
Zdeněk Podhůrský
Evžen Roztočil
František Řehák
předseda družstva Josef Bžoch
Milada Ježková
Božena Hůrková, Matějova babička
Václav Král
Jan Vokurka, nápadník Hůrkové
Eugen Jegorov
Cupal, Barčin otec
Hana Brejchová
Cupalová, Barčina nevlastní matka
František Husák
agronom Slimáček
Bronislav Poloczek
traktorista Franta Čuňát
Evelyna Steimarová
hradlařka Vlasta Prchalová
Ferdinand Havlík
zootechnik Roztočil, Evženův otec
Yvetta Kornová
Tereza, Vokurkova vnučka
Joža Mrázek Hořický
podivín Véna
Miluše Šplechtová
sekretářka Zdenička
Zuzana Schmidová
Kocandová
Jiřina Třebická
Bžochova žena
Jan Schmid
Matějův otec
Anna Pernerová
blondýnka Evina
Božena Böhmová
Roztočilova žena
Jiří Samek
Žaloudek
Miloslav Štibich
Kocanda
Jiří Kvasnička
mistr učňů Emil Záhorka
Ladislav Brothánek
požárník
Tomáš Klouček
požárník/číšník
Milan Klacek
požárník
Jan Špaček
požárník
Karel Koloušek
Vaněček z okresu
Oskar Gottlieb
prodavač
Miluše Zelená
žena z pouťové střelnice
Petr Hruška
učeň Lojza
Miroslav Kvašňák
učeň
Petr Rýdel
rozhněvaný muž
František Jelínek
harmonikář
Václav Kočka
bubeník
Jan Pončík
zpěvák
Emilie Zíchová
houslistka
Ivana Černá
dívka
Monika Hlaváčková
dívka
Eva Kovaříková
dívka
Bohuslava Syrová
dívka
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Hana Hanušová, Magdalena Davidová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Milan Bábik, Jiří Matějka, Eva Slívová
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Vlasta Synkulová, Tomáš Baloun
Unit Production Manager
Miloš Zajdl
Consultant
Cooperation
Irena Neubertová (klapka), Jaromír Komárek (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Andulička
Song Composer Karel Hašler
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hašler
Singer sbor
Když jaro zaťuká /z operety Brandejští dragouni/
Song Composer Jaroslav Jankovec
Writer of Lyrics Josef NeubergJaroslav Mottl
Singer sbor
Štěstí na rozcestí
Song Composer Karel Vacek
Writer of Lyrics Karel Vacek
Singer sbor
Hrála muzika bez kapelníka
Song Composer Jára Beneš
Writer of Lyrics František PaulMiroslav Jaroš
Singer mužský hlas
Až budou trumpety překrásně zpívat
Song Composer Antonín Borovička
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Voldán
Singer sbor
Vyhrávala kapela
Song Composer Antonín Borovička
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Voldán
Singer mužský hlas
Můj milý, až přijdeš k nám
Singer mužský hlas
Nemelem, nemelem
Song Composer Alois Tichý
Writer of Lyrics Ludvík František Hnyk
Singer sbor
Jana
Song Composer František Kůda
Writer of Lyrics František Skoblík
Singer sbor
Hospůdko, hospůdko malá
Singer sbor
Včera jsem tě čekala
Song Composer Václav Bláha
Writer of Lyrics Václav Bláha
Singer ženský hlas
Jetel voněl, zrály klasy
Song Composer Jiří Voldán
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Voldán
Singer sbor
Hošíčku, přijď za svítání
Song Composer Josef Čebiš
Writer of Lyrics Josef Čebiš
Singer Emilie Zíchová
Včera neděle byla
Song Composer Jiří Šlitr
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer dívčí sbor
Vy zvonky v Loretě
Song Composer Josef Poncár
Červená sukýnka
Song Composer Václav Bláha
Production info
Original Title
Matěji, proč tě holky nechtějí?
Czech Title
Matěji, proč tě holky nechtějí?
English Title
Anything but Hot
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1981
Production Year
1980
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 13 February 1980
start of filming 16 June 1980
technical Screenplay approved 11 July 1980
end of filming 19 December 1980
projection approval 16 April 1981
withdrawal from distribution 31 May 1993
Premiere
premiere 7 August 1981 /unsuitable 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
81 min
Original length in metres
2 254 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
