It’s Not Me
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1985Production year
1985Premiere
1 August 1986Runtime
90 minDirector
Václav VorlíčekCategory
filmGenre
fantastic, comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Já nejsem jáCzech title
Já nejsem jáEnglish title
It’s Not MeSummary
Television was the particular devotion of director Václav Vorlíček during the 1980s. But among those films he devised for the large screen we find the comedy Já nejsem já (It’s Not Me, 1985) shot according to the screenplay of Václav Nývlt. Its fantasy plot derives from one of Vorlíček's favourite narrative situations – a change of identity. One full moon, marriage conman Majer finds himself in the body of Záruba, an elderly foreman. On the other hand, Záruba, a tidy sour-ball of a character, takes the body of the younger man. Both men continue with their old ways in their new bodies, but finally the only real consequence of the body swap is that the indecisive Záruba ends up getting wed... The film was much based on casting Petr Nárožný and Oldřich Kaiser, both then popular among audiences, in the main roles. The partners of the two different protagonists are played by Eva Jakoubková (the loving interpreter Kamila) and Jana Švandová (the sexual vixen Drahuše).
Synopsis
The baldheaded grumler Kamil Záruba found not even courage enough to marry Helena, after 7 years dating the charming interpreter. She takes the lead and arranges a honeymoon in Hungary for both of them. In the travel agency, a young man named Oleg tries in vain to seduce her. Kamil will be promoted from the foreman to the deputy director. But the climber Peek has bigger ambitions. He follows Kamil and tries to persuade him to refuse the position. Oleg, in reality called Oskar, is a modern-day swindler. He seduces women without exception - just the winning of them is important for him. Now he lives with an energetic Drahue, the owner of a shooting gallery. She is very willing to keep him, but she is too passionate and Oskar is tired of her. Both Kamil and Oskar feel pushed to the wall and one night, during a full moon, their personalities switch. Oskar is shocked by his loss of hair, but doesn't mind much about the change of his appearance because the police want him. Kamil is conservative even in his new attractive appearance and Helena, believing he is the seducer from the travel agency, refuses him. She recognizes him only with a specific whistling to the parrot. Oskar is charming, even in Kamil's appearance and he gets rid of Peek easily. He marries Helena with pleasure, just to get over the borders. But on the train Helena artfully makes him return to his original appearance. The border guards don't let him go with Kamil's passport. Helena returns happily home to Kamil, who is, according to the wedding pictures, also her husband.
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Cast
Petr Nárožný
dílovedoucí Ing. Kamil Záruba
Oldřich Kaiser
sňatkový podvodník Oskar Majer
Eva Jakoubková
tlumočnice Helena, Kamilova snoubenka
Jana Švandová
Drahuše Helfertová, Oskarova přítelkyně
Ondřej Havelka
Arnošt Pešek, Zárubův zástupce
Jiřina Krejčíková
Voice by Libuše Švormová
Marta Šimáčková, Helenina sestra
Bronislav Poloczek
František, Martin manžel
Miroslav Zounar
ředitel oděvního závodu
Eva Pokorná
Voice by Eva Klepáčová
sekretářka Bohunka
Jitka Asterová
švadlena Renáta
Zdeňka Sajfertová
švadlena Zuzana
Barbora Štěpánová
švadlena Mirka
Květa Fialová
návrhářka
Jana Andresíková
dáma ve vdovském
Jana Altmannová
matka Oskarova synka
Lenka Machoninová
brunetka
Jana Kasanová
dáma ve Slávii
Ladislav Krečmer
elegán ve Slávii
Věra Kalendová
žena v závodní jídelně
Ladislav Potměšil
podporučík VB
Jiří Lábus
plastický chirurg
Vlasta Žehrová
zdravotní sestra
Soňa Dvořáková
kolegyně Heleny
Žofie Veselá
kolegyně Heleny
Oldřich Velen
oddávající úředník
Zdena Hadrbolcová
Stejskalová
Miroslav Babuský
nadstrážmistr VB
Vlastimil Zavřel
rotný VB
Iva Hüttnerová
kriminalistka
Ivana Vavrová
fotografka
Jan Kraus
fotograf
Roman Hájek
pohraničník
Josef Hejna
průvodčí
Miloslav Homola
ceremoniář
Ilona Jirotková
úřednice v Čedoku
Vlasta Mészárosová
sekretářka ředitele
Miloslav Šindler
člen komise
Josef Kubíček
člen komise
Jarmila Orlová
podvedená žena
Olga Světelská
robustní žena
Olga Michálková
robustní žena
Radan Rusev
řidič tramvaje
Zuzana Talpová
funkcionářka
Eva Řepíková
funkcionářka
Marie-Luisa Váchová
platinová blondýnka
Eva Očenášová
tlumočnice
Jan Okrouhlík
stráž na VB
Mirko Musil
párkař
Anna Masnicová
manekýna
Barbora Leichnerová
mladá žena s odpadky
Igor Smržík
celník
Karel Hovorka
vrátný
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Bohdan Kysil, Martina Krýslová
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Jana Pokorná (klapka), Jitka Bylinská (fotografka)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
skupina Elektrovox (Music Conducted by Karel Svoboda)
Production info
Original Title
Já nejsem já
Czech Title
Já nejsem já
English Title
It’s Not Me
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
fantastic, comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1985
Production Year
1985
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 6 February 1985
start of filming 18 March 1985
technical Screenplay approved 22 March 1985
end of filming 10 December 1985
projection approval 21 December 1985
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1991
Premiere
premiere 1 August 1986 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
1. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupina, Jiří Blažek (vedoucí 1. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
90 min
Original length in metres
2 573 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
