Lucky Strike

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1987

Production year

1987

Premiere

1 February 1989

Runtime

76 min

Category

film

Genre

children

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Správná trefa

Czech title

Správná trefa

English title

Lucky Strike

Working title

Bílé vrány a černá ovce

Summary

Director Rudolf Růžička made several television films for young audiences, as well as two feature films, namely Správná trefa (Lucky Strike, 1987) and Parta za million (Gang For a Million, 1990). The protagonist of Růžička´s debut is 13-year-old Petr Kantor, whose family moves from the village to the city. However, his new schoolmates are unwilling to accept the talented boy. Petr excels in sports, and also in mathematics. But a climate of intolerance leads to a series of false accusations… This children’s feature serves as a model morality tale, depicting an environment corrupted by greed and xenophobia. Robert Hudecký offers a debut performance in this Gottwaldov Studios (today Zlín) feature. Many other lesser-known or first-time actors also appear; however, several more familiar faces also turn up among the supporting cast, for example Miroslav Donutil and Gabriela Wilhelmová.

Synopsis

The thirteen-year old Petr Kantor and his parents move to a town from the small village of Prachařice. But Petr is not well accepted by his new schoolmates in the seventh grade, class 7B, of the elementary school, especially as soon as they find out that Petr surpasses them in many things. He is a great runner and shoots well with an airgun, and a teacher thus immediately includes him in the guard during a civil defence race. The class-teacher Hohaus, nicknamed Hugo, seats him next to Lucie. It shows that Petr also excels in maths which does not gain him more popularity either. The father of his classmate Potužník advices him "not to step outside the line". Lenka Benešová finds out that a fifty-crown banknote has disappeared from her pencil case and the children label Petr as the thief. Lenka later confesses that she forgot the money at home. Petr becomes close with the loner Bronislav Brandejs whose father puts excessive demands on him and severely punishes with beatings for every failure. Lenka apologizes to Petr for the misunderstanding with the banknote and they spend a beautiful afternoon together. Pupils of class 7B prepare the gymnasium for a party. When they go for lunch, they get sausage instead of chicken. Embittered, they start throwing mashed potato at each other. Investigation of the case is entrusted to a teacher called Salabová. An anonymous denunciation, written by Brandejs, again blames Petr for the incident. Petr is punished by being transferred to another class. The next day, he sadly hands his former classmates money for repainting the school canteen. The 7B classmates, one by one, realize the injustice and blame themselves for the case. But Petr does not care any more, and when the classmates come to visit him, he pretends not to be at home. His father, however, helps him overcome the unfairness. Petr brings the promised fish to the party and the overall reconciliation is confirmed by a whipped-cream battle. Only Brandejs is left alone again.

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Cast

Robert Hudecký

žák Petr Kantor

Lukáš Novotný

žák Bronislav Brandejs

Petr Repoň

žák František Vlček

Filip Čapka

žák Kučera

Marcel Forman

žák Marcel Findejs

Ondřej Krbec

žák Stanislav Potužník

Radim Kalvoda

žák Radim Synek

Martin Schneeweiss

žák Martin Šťastný

Hana Zadubanová

žákyně Lenka Benešová

Kateřina Filípková

žákyně Katka Vrtišková

Lucie Smékalová

žákyně Lucie Kuchařová

Svatopluk Skopal

třídní učitel Richard Hohaus zvaný Hugo

Zdeněk Žák

železničář Karel Kantor, Petrův otec

Zuzana Skalníková

Voice by Lenka Termerová
Vlasta Kantorová, Petrova matka

Renáta Doleželová

učitelka Salabová

Miroslav Donutil

Voice by Miloslav Mejzlík
Standa Potužník, Stanislavův otec

Jan Jílek

Jan Kalfus

Václav Lautner

učitel tělocviku

Jana Gazdíková

učitelka Jana

Jana Šedová

starší učitelka

Josef Bartoň

Voice by Oldřich Vlach
docent Brandejs, Bronislavův otec

Božena Blahušová

kuchařka

Alena Ambrová

Voice by Simona Stašová
cukrářka Mařenka

Zdeněk Dvořák

Voice by Milan Klásek
zloděj na stavbě

Silvia Svobodová

žákyně

Petra Bastlová

žákyně

Kateřina Holenková

žákyně

Petra Kafková

žákyně

Jana Radová

žákyně

Dubbing

Otto Lackovič

hlas hlídače na stavbě

Mirko Musil

hlas sklenáře

Dalimil Klapka

hlas zedníka

Jana Andresíková

hlas ze školního rozhlasu

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Ivan Frič, Zdeňka Tkadlečková

Assistant Director

František Hlaváček

Dramaturg

Jan Gogola

Director of Photography

Juraj Fándli

Second Unit Photography

Vladimír Kolář

Camera Operator

Dalibor Michalčík

Production Designer

Petr Smola

Assistent Production Designer

Josef Havlíček

Set Designer

Vladislav Adam, Petr Dostál, Josef Šťovíček, Josef Vojtášek

Film Editor

Ivan Matouš

Assistant Film Editor

Alice Egnerová, Ludmila Varmužová

Sound Designer

Radomír Koutek, Jitka Zvirocká (zvukové efekty)

Assistant Sound Designer

Zdeněk Bobek

Production Manager

Vojtěch Kunčík

Unit Production Manager

Jitka Perůtková

Unit Production Manager

Pavla Ranochová, František Šumbera

Cooperation

Eva Jordánová (klapka), Otto Kamenský (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Petr Skoumal

Songs

Někdy se cesta ztrácí

Song Composer Petr Skoumal
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Šrut
Singer ženský hlas

Production info

Original Title

Správná trefa

Czech Title

Správná trefa

English Title

Lucky Strike

Working Title

Bílé vrány a černá ovce

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1987

Production Year

1987

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 31 July 1995

Premiere

premiere 1 February 1989 /suitable for youths/

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

76 min

Original length in metres

2 162 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

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 28. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1988
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Svatopluk Skopal

Vítěz

Festival: 39. filmový festival pracujících – léto ´88

1988
80 měst / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 28. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1988
Zlín / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 28. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1988
Zlín / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Event: Prémie Českého literárního fondu

1988
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Růžička

Vítěz

Festival: 28. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1988
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Robert Hudecký

Vítěz

Festival: 28. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1988
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Jan Gogola st.

Vítěz

Festival: 28. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1988
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Růžička

Vítěz

Exhibition: 20. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti Ostrov

1988
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 26. festival českých a slovenských filmů Brno

1988
Brno / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 28. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov

1988
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Martin Šafránek

Vítěz

Exhibition: 20. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti Ostrov

1988
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czechoslovakia
Robert Hudecký