The Seven
Category
filmGenre
parodyTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
SedumCzech title
SedumEnglish title
The SevenSynopsis
Two woman pensioners loudly complain about the too harsh approach of ticket inspectors to their repeated free rides in the office of the Transportation Office of the City of Prague. A death notice of the young inspector Jirka Málek is on the notice board. He died while running away from a violent gang headed by the cruel Zobák – he fell from a roof. The ticket inspector Čenda is not prepared to accept the gang’s rampages. Its members terrorize the passengers, they never buy tickets and make the inspectors’ work impossible. Several of Čenda’s colleagues have already resigned the meritable but underestimated profession. The young man convinces Miloš, Mirek, Jindra, Milan, Kamil and Vilém to seek revenge for Jirka Málek’s death together. They unburden themselves to each other about the hard life of a ticket inspector who has no home, no kids, no parties or theatre visits, and then set off, “armed” with their inspector's badges. Zobák’s gang first takes them by surprise on line seven. But the inspectors return and the gang is paralysed with the help of Čenda’s brother – a police captain and his men. The inspectors, however, did not do it for themselves; they are rewarded by the feeling that the passengers have won.
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Cast
Lukáš Vaculík
Čenda
David Novotný
Miloš
Marek Vašut
Jindra
Sagvan Tofi
Mirek
Jan Čenský
Milan
Gustav Bubník
Vilém
Karel Roden
Kamil
Martin Dejdar
Zobák
Tomáš Hanák
Tompák
Denisa Kubová
dívka
Jiří Bartoška
kapitán VB, Čendův bratr
Pavel Krátký
Jirka Málek
Jindra Kvardová
penzistka
Vlastimila Vlková
penzistka Růžena
Jaroslava Tichá
úřednice
Vladimír Petraš
Tuháček
Barbara Trojanová
prodavačka
Petr Koutecký
člen Zobákovy party
Martina Schmidtová
členka Zobákovy party
Otakáro Schmidt
člen Zobákovy party
Jan Boháč
člen Zobákovy party
Jan Lauda
člen Zobákovy party
Petr Krchov
člen Zobákovy party
Michal Smrž
člen Zobákovy party
Lenka Folvarčná
členka Zobákovy party
Jakub Čistecký
člen Zobákovy party
Radek Klimeš
člen Zobákovy party
Tomáš Zikmund
člen Zobákovy party
David Vávra
člen Zobákovy party
Miroslav Korbel
člen Zobákovy party
Jan Bonaventura
cestující v tramvaji
Miloslav Homola
cestující v tramvaji
Monika Načeva
cestující v tramvaji
bratři Navrátilové
příslušníci VB na koních
Crew and creators
Director
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Marek Jícha, Štěpán Kučera, Pavel Prokop
Set Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Jiří Křivka, Josef Hubka, Květoslav Zajíc (zvuková režie)
Production Manager
Vítězslav Kopřiva, Kamila Vedrová, David Bonaventura, Jana Mašíková
Pedagogical management
Antonín Kachlík (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Otakar Fuka, Hana Dvořáková
Cooperation
Michal Cihlář, Miroslav Korbel, Zuzana Krajčovičová, Viktor Malát, Ondřej Polák, Jaroslav Tomsa
Music
Music Composed by
Jaroslav Vaculík, Jan Lauda
Selected Music
Tom Waits (Train Song)
Music Performed by
Jaroslav Vaculík, Jan Lauda , Martin Basař , Martin Prokop , Ludvík Seko , Jiří Jelínek (5), Edward Piersma
Songs
bez názvu
Song Composer Jaroslav VaculíkJan Lauda
Writer of Lyrics Tomáš Hanák
Singer Jana Hanákováposluchači HAMUposluchači konzervatoře
Production info
Original Title
Sedum
Czech Title
Sedum
English Title
The Seven
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
parody
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1989
Production Year
1989
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
29 min
Original length in metres
815 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 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
