The Good Luck Lady

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1985

Production year

1985

Runtime

17 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Dáma pro štěstí

Czech title

Dáma pro štěstí

English title

The Good Luck Lady

Synopsis

A young man recollects the year 1946 when he lived in an unnamed Polish city severely affected by the Second World War fighting. He lost his family and turned into a shabby urchin shamelessly participating in various thefts. First he helped an elderly man steal equipment from the houses whose tenants had not returned. Then he met Dora, a pretty girl who also had no scruples. Together, they went to a cinema, which had miraculously survived among the ruined houses. They also stole together. One night, they broke into a shoe and clothing storehouse. Dora tried on some shoes but eventually viciously scattered everything around. Someone interrupted the couple and the young man was arrested. When he returns from the youth custody centre, things are completely different. The girl was pregnant with him before his arrest. She soon married a young guy who often drove through the town on a motorcycle with a sidecar. She gave birth to a son but soon after, she and her husband died in a car accident while on a wild motorcycle ride. The little boy is now cared for by her father. When the narrator meets them on the street, he only greets them and walks on by.

Cast

Ladislav Hádl

starší muž

Karel Urbánek

hlídač v továrně

Dalimil Klapka

Dořin otec

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Zoran Maširević

Based on

Alan Sillitoe (povídka)

Director of Photography

Martin Štrba

Camera Operator

Martin Duba

Production Designer

Jan Tobola

Film Editor

Jindřich Juna

Sound Designer

Josef Hubka

Production Manager

Jiří Hubač, Jana Mašíková

Unit Production Manager

Nataša Červeňáková, Aleš Komárek, Darina Procházková

Pedagogical management

Jiří Sequens (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Jana Semschová, Hana Bezrouková

Production info

Original Title

Dáma pro štěstí

Czech Title

Dáma pro štěstí

English Title

The Good Luck Lady

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1985

Production Year

1985

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

17 min

Original length in metres

475 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech