Fandy, oh Fandy!
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1983Production year
1982Premiere
1 December 1983Runtime
87 minDirector
Karel KachyňaCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Fandy ó FandyCzech title
Fandy ó FandyEnglish title
Fandy, oh Fandy!Working title
FandySummary
In this tale of a young man who has perfectly messed up his life, the renowned director Karel Kachyňa took a humorous look at the system of “one hundred percent employment” in the socialist state. The victim of these practices is 18-year-old František Vodrážka, who after arduously graduating from university is compelled to work in a factory. After a dreary stint in the design office, the offer of a place in the laboratory appeals to him, but in the end he can’t stick with that either – much like he couldn't stick with his girlfriends Jára and Vlasta and the earlier promise of a rowing career. František, nicknamed Fandy, is thus a prototype of the internally unattached, lazy outsider, whose good heart gets him nowhere. The film’s title role was taken by the now forgotten Bohumír Starý, while Dana Medřická bid farewell to her professional career in the role of Fandy’s mother.
Synopsis
Frantiek Vodráka, nicknamed Fandy by his friends, gets through his A levels only by a whisker. His father died and he lives with his mother who would love to see him work and earn money as soon as possible. But Frantiek wants to savour freedom for a while. He spends some time in a rowing club with his friend Pepa, rowing a double skiff with him. The two then set off to a small camp site by the river to meet the girls Jára and Vlasta. Fandy fancies Jára, but she came to prefer Pepa. Fandy does not like to pay much attention to Vlasta. Jára and Pepa must get a job and Fandy would rather start in a factory with them. His boring engagement in a construction office is followed by a job in a laboratory which he begins to enjoy. Jára is pregnant by Pepa who, however, does not want to marry. Fandy offers to marry her, but Jára chooses an abortion anyway. She calls Fandy from the hospital at night and the boy sets off to see her although he should record the results of an important experiment during his night shift. In hospital, he is told that the surgery is already over. He returns to the lab and records the measurements only by estimate, thus distorting the entire experiment. He does not plead guilty and cowardly runs away from the factory. Jára is back home from hospital and invites Fandy to visit her in the evening. But Fandy meets his friend Béďa on the way to her place and gets drunk with him. He arrives at Jára's late at night, dirty and barefoot. In the morning, he understands that he has lost the girl. He also loses his membership in the rowing club because he cannot perform properly due to his hangover. His meeting with Vlasta does not turn out well for him, either. The girl has already found herself another boyfriend. He cannot even return to the laboratory because he does not have a permit. He climbs over the fence but jumps into the back of a truck that is heading out of the factory.
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Cast
Bohumír Starý
Voice by Vladislav Beneš
František Vodrážka zvaný Fandy
Dana Medřická
Fandyho maminka
Stanislava Coufalová
Voice by Taťjana Medvecká
Jára
Zuzana Hradecká
Voice by Zuzana Bydžovská
zdravotní sestra Vlasta
Čestmír Řanda ml.
Pepa Rejcha, Františkův kamarád
Ondřej Vetchý
Béďa Unčovský, Františkův spolužák
Jiří Menzel
vedoucí laboratoře Ing. Růžička
Luděk Kopřiva
kreslič Berka
Václav Vydra
kreslič Liška
Bořivoj Navrátil
Ota Sluníčko, vedoucí v továrně
Pavel Zedníček
vedoucí kreslírny Ing. Nachtman
Svatopluk Skládal
vrátný v továrně
Jan Skopeček
profesor
Jiří Růžička
kreslič Urban
Jiřina Třebická
kreslička Suchá
Zuzana Talpová
žena na kolečkových bruslích
Vlastimil Bedrna
trenér veslování
Alena Jánská
sekretářka
Blanka Lormanová
zdravotní sestra
Luďa Marešová
žena v bílém
Karel Linc
homosexuál Jiří
Otakar Sedláček
kulatý muž
Karel Bělohradský
taxikář
David Suchařípa
maturant Pospíšil
Václav Kotva
Polívka
Václav Fišer
důchodce
Zdeněk Srstka
politý muž u Fleků
Jiří Kopta
maturant Botka zvaný Ráčkovec
Jan Polívka
stavbyvedoucí
Ladislav Gerendáš
prodavač ovoce
Michal Roneš
Lubošek Vávra, Vlastin nový přítel
Viktor Maurer
předseda maturitní komise
Vladimír Hrabánek
kreslič Vaněk
Edita Dindělová
kreslička
Irena Tužová-Vopatová
kreslička
Eva Trunečková
kreslička
Marie Fišerová
kreslička
Aleš Morávek
kreslič
Petr Pospíchal
kreslič
Jaroslav Tomsa
kreslič
Jaroslav Veselý (2)
kreslič
Miriam Brochová
komediantka
Jan Cmíral
člen komise
Karel Chromík
člen komise
Karel Fořt
člen komise
Miloš Švarc
člen komise
Táňa Kumprechtová
vysoká žena
Ladislav Pixa
vysoký muž
Vladimír Jánoš
startér
Tomáš Vacek
maturant Turek zvaný Brýlovec
Svatopluk Mohapl
maturant-šprt
Petr Růžička
maturant
Jakub Šíla
maturant
Pavel Vítek
maturant
Jan Žáček
maturant
Jan Kuželka
opilec na parníku
Slávka Hamouzová
babička v okně
Jaroslav Klenot
mistr
Jaroslav Vidlař
vrátný
Jiří Koníček
mladík
Eva Pixová
slečna od Fleků
Miroslav Smolík
dubl za Bohumíra Starého
Vladimír Kaiser
dubl za Čestmíra Řandu ml.
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Ivo Musil
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Assistant Sound Designer
Special Effects
Petr Rychetský (pyrotechnik)
Stunts
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Tomáš Baloun, Vojtěch Panáček, Iva Šetková
Unit Production Manager
Vojtěch Panáček
Consultant
Jaroslav Tomsa, Vladimír Jánoš
Cooperation
Z. Augustová (klapka), Zdeněk Vávra (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Fandy ó Fandy
Song Composer Luboš Fišer
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kopta
Singer Naďa Urbánková
Production info
Original Title
Fandy ó Fandy
Czech Title
Fandy ó Fandy
English Title
Fandy, oh Fandy!
Working Title
Fandy
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1983
Production Year
1982
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 1 February 1982
start of filming 1 March 1982
technical Screenplay approved 16 March 1982
end of filming 29 September 1982
projection approval 24 June 1983
withdrawal from distribution 31 May 1993
Premiere
premiere 1 December 1983 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
5. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupina, Miloslav Vydra (vedoucí 5. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
87 min
Original length in metres
2 437 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
