The storytelling model pioneered by Miloš Forman's Lásky jedné plavovlásky (Loves of a Blonde, 1965) takes on a slightly new twist for the 1980s via director Petr Tuček. The director’s last film (it was released in 1988, Tuček died in 1990 aged 51) features the dormitory escapades of textile school students trying with great difficulty to encounter the “right kind” of people. Helena is the exception. She is in a serious relationship with attractive pilot Patrik. Only Zuzka is brought in on the secret that, in fact, Patrik does not really exist. Rather, Helena invented him in order to fend off the taunts from her friends that she is unattached. Included in the cast of largely overlooked faces are Jiří Pomeje and David Matásek. The contemporary soundtrack includes songs from such alternative 1980s groups as Laura a její tygři (Laura and Her Tigers), Panika (Panic) and Pražský výběr (Prague Selection).
Girls studying at the High Industrial School of Textile stay in the factory boarding house. They are full of life; they love to going disco and the cinema. The spirit of various undertakings is determined by the temperamental Zuzka, who is wooed by the slightly foolish Honza. Zuzka's best friend is Helenka, who is in a serious relationship with a pilot, Patrick Knobloch. She always describes him as an ideal man and all the girls envy her. Only the bothersome Sylva, who blatantly flirts with every single boy, laughs at Helenka. But she, too, is mesmerized by Patrick and often tries to seize the postcards, which he sends Helenka from exotic lands. But the truth is completely different: Helenka made up her boyfriend and the postcards are in fact sent by her uncle Pavel, who really is a pilot. The enterprising Sylva wants to meet Patrick and looks for him at his fabricated address. Helenka, fearing the disclosure, confesses the truth to her uncle and he helps her. He should take Helenka to a party organized by Sylva at the home of one of her numerous wooers, a taxi driver. The uncle calls to the villa pretending to be Patrick. He apologizes for his absence and sends his friend Pepa instead. Pepa is attracted to Helenka and she also likes the shy boy. The party is disrupted by the taxi driver's wife. Helenka reveals to Zuzka that Patrick actually does not exist. The girls are already cured of their romantic ideas. Helenka begins to date Pepa and Zuzka marries Honza. Only Sylva waits at the airport for the "free" Patrick.
Zuzka Řeháčková, studentka textilní školy
Helenka, studentka textilní školy
Sylva, studentka textilní školy
Honza, Zuzanin přítel
Majka
Hana
Adriena
Irena
Eva
Žaneta
Barbora
Kristýna
taxikář Mirek
Pepa Zajíček
vychovatelka Cápková
Eliška, Helenčina matka
Pepova matka
manželka taxikáře Mirka
kapitán Pavel Pacák, Helenin strýc
Šamánek, ctitel Heleniny matky
letecký dispečer Slezinka
desátník Mirek
děda v Mánesově ulici
topič z internátu
mladší příslušník VB
plavčík Mirek
teta Klára Pacáková
mistrová
nevěsta Božena, sestra Zuzky
ženich
údržbář Slezáček
údržbář Heftlík
údržbář Papálek
Markéta
strážmistr VB
Lucinka
barman
Tomáš
požárník
vekslák
František Nejedlý
Jitka Lendrová, Jiří Purchart, J. Drejnar
Jiří Žák, Miroslav Buberle, Vladimír Ježek, Michal Paul
Ivo Pitrák, Olga Zelenská
Karel Vávra
Lenka Křivánková (klapka), Jitka Bylinská (fotografka), T. Koulová
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček), Citron, skupina Imrich, hudební skupina Laura a její tygři, skupina Oceán, Panika, skupina Ratataplán, Pražský výběr, skupina Turbo
Song Composer Michael Kocáb
Writer of Lyrics Michael Kocáb
Singer Pražský výběr
Song Composer Karel Šůcha
Writer of Lyrics Karel Šůcha
Singer hudební skupina Laura a její tygři
Song Composer Roman Štefl
Writer of Lyrics Daniel Bartek
Singer skupina Ratataplán
Song Composer Karel Hašler
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hašler
Singer Jiří SedláčekMichal BumbálekPavel Hejlík
Song Composer Karel Šůcha
Writer of Lyrics Milan Marek
Singer hudební skupina Laura a její tygři
Song Composer Roman Štefl
Writer of Lyrics Daniel Bartek
Singer skupina Ratataplán
Song Composer Roman Štefl
Writer of Lyrics Daniel Bartek
Singer skupina Ratataplán
Song Composer Michael KocábMichal Pavlíček
Writer of Lyrics Michael KocábMichal PavlíčekVilém Čok
Singer Pražský výběr
Song Composer Karel Šůcha
Writer of Lyrics Karel Šůcha
Singer hudební skupina Laura a její tygři
Song Composer Michal Pavlíček
Writer of Lyrics Michael KocábMichal PavlíčekVilém ČokKlaudius KryšpínVladimír Pokorný
Singer Pražský výběr
Song Composer Richard KibicLadislav Vostárek
Writer of Lyrics Richard KibicLadislav Vostárek
Singer skupina Turbo
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer Monika KvasničkováŠárka BrázdováMiroslava Pleštilová
Song Composer Jaromír Boháč
Writer of Lyrics Antonín Matějka
Singer Pavel Vítek
Song Composer Richard KibicLadislav Vostárek
Writer of Lyrics Richard KibicLadislav Vostárek
Singer skupina Turbo
Song Composer Miroslav Imrich
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Mertlík
Singer skupina Imrich
Song Composer Roman Štefl
Writer of Lyrics Daniel Bartek
Singer skupina Ratataplán
Čekání na Patrika
Čekání na Patrika
Waiting for Patrick
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy
Czechoslovakia
1988
1988
start of filming 4 July 1988
end of filming 3 September 1988
the first film copy approved 3 September 1988
projection approval 6 May 1989
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1992
premiere 1 January 1990 /unsuitable for youths/
5. tvůrčí skupina, Miloslav Vydra (vedoucí 5. tvůrčí skupiny)
feature film
82 min
2 334 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
colour
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Festival: 4. filmový festival mladých Velké Poříčí u Hronova
1990
Velké Poříčí u Hronova / Czechoslovakia