Honey Price
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1986Production year
1986Premiere
1 November 1987Runtime
76 minDirector
Jaromír BorekCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Cena meduCzech title
Cena meduEnglish title
Honey PriceWorking title
RojeníSummary
Director Jaromír Borek capped off a career of more than 20 years with the story of a five-year-old boy allergic to bee stings. General practitioner Vrba has his own method for dealing with such cases – a blood transfusion directly from a beekeeper who has experienced many bee stings over the years. But tracking down such a donor for the heavily traumatised youngster is no easy feat. The police service thus joins forces with doctors to help save the child’s life... The drama chiefly plays out in a hospital. It is based on a true story, which occurred in the former East Germany. The tense script, written by Pavel Hajný, also showcases the talents of actor Oldřich Vlach, largely known to audiences through his television roles. This 1986 movie features Vlach as a physician battling to save five-year-old Péťu.
Synopsis
The little Péa is at his grandfather's in the Giant Mountains. He is waiting for his parents and is looking forward to spending the holidays with them. The grandfather's bees swarm. The swarm finally settles in a tree. Péa bumps into the tree and the entire swarm pounces on his head. The boy is taken to hospital. He is in a deep coma and in danger of dying. Ordinary treatment cannot cope with so many stings in the small child's body. The duty nurse calls doctor Vrba at home for he has his specific method for such cases: a blood transfusion from a bee-keeper. Péa's grandfather immediately offers himself but he has a different blood group. The hospital issues a list of all bee-keepers in the district and visits them in an ambulance. Even the police is involved. Finally, they manage to get the right blood for Péa and it seems that the battle is won. But the dose is insufficient and searching for an appropriate blood donor must start again. Fortunately for Péa, there are people who help without delay. One of them is a German customs officer, who is driven to the hospital by Czech tourists. After several transfusions, the medical student Monika notices that the boy moved. That is a sign of improvement and hope. Morning arrives and the sun comes up after the dark night.
Note
Petr Hajný wrote the script after a real accident. It occurred in Greifswald in the German Democratic Republic in 1984 where MD Weisbitzski saved the life of a fiveyear old boy who suffered aproximately five hundred bee stings.
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Cast
Oldřich Vlach
MUDr. Vrba
Petr Pospíchal
MUDr. Kavan
Jakub Zdeněk
chlapec Péťa
Jiří Vondráček
Péťův otec
Marta Hrachovinová
Hanka, Péťova matka
Miroslav Zounar
MUDr. Malina
Hana Vávrová
medička Monika
Daniela Šrajerová
staniční sestra Jiřina
Kateřina Pindejová
laborantka
Jiří Němeček
Péťův dědeček
Bronislav Poloczek
nadpraporčík VB Poláček
Petr Lepša
nadstrážmistr VB
Zdeněk David
strážmistr VB
Luboš Veselý
saniťák Kája
Dana Horčicová
denní sestra
Zdeňka Sajfertová
denní sestra
Miroslav Středa
celník Janda
Libuše Štědrá
Vrbova žena
MUDr. Ivana Němečková
MUDr. Němcová
Zuzana Skalická
dispečerka Míla
Václav Sloup
včelař Ladislav Novotný
Karel Koloušek
průvodčí ČSD
Vlastimil Hašek
včelař Jan Husárek
Ladislav Trojan
včelař Lojza
Míla Myslíková
manželka Lojzy
Václav Helšus
malíř pokojů Vala
Zdeněk Dolanský
celník
Jan Kotva
celník
Pavel Taussig
celník
Igor Smržík
německý celník Rolf
Jana Altmannová
vesnická teta
Jan Novotný
dárce krve
Miriam Brochová
noční sestra
Eva Salzmannová
noční sestra
Eva Asterová
architektka Kateřina
Jindřich Bonaventura
včelařský funkcionář Fanda
Blanka Blahníková
poštovní úřednice
Karel Greif
štamgast
Pavel Jiras
majitel vesnického stavení
Jaroslav Vlach
Ing. Kopečný
Dana Baslerová
Voice by Jana Drbohlavová
Marie Kopečná
Petr Loužecký
syn Kopečných
Jan Vedral
syn Kopečných
Václav Neužil
otec MUDr. Vrby
Miroslav Nohýnek
lékař z Prahy
Miloslav Štibich
listonoš
Akram Staněk
voják
Jan Kraus
saniťák
Ladislav Krečmer
pořadatel
Regina Zahradníková
dívka v hotelu
Jiří Ouhleda
řidič Tatry 613
Alena Rindlerová
teta na svatbě
Radim Vašinka
ochotnický herec – mlynář v Lucerně
P. Beneš
herec
Miroslav Babuský
herec
J. Gogela
herec
Irena Hýsková
herečka
K. Pavelková
herečka
Radovan Versigan
herec
Lenka Volfová
herečka
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
René Slauka
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Lubomír Moravec
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Forst, Jan Hodný, Karel Plaňanský, Milan Šilha
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Drahomíra Čížková, Ing. Koutská (spojka)
Consultant
MUDr. Ivana Němečková
Cooperation
Lenka Křivánková (klapka), Miroslav Jirsa (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Mario Klemens)
Songs
Rovnou
Song Composer The Wilburn Brothers
Writer of Lyrics Jan Vyčítal
Production info
Original Title
Cena medu
Czech Title
Cena medu
English Title
Honey Price
Working Title
Rojení
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1986
Production Year
1986
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 31 January 1986
technical Screenplay approved 22 May 1986
start of filming 4 June 1986
end of filming 15 August 1986
projection approval 5 January 1987
the first film copy approved 6 January 1987
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
Premiere
premiere 1 November 1987 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
2. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupina, Josef Císař (vedoucí 2. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
76 min
Original length in metres
2 161 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
