Crime Games
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1989Production year
1989Premiere
1 September 1990Runtime
107 minDirector
Jan KubištaCategory
filmGenre
crimeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Divoká sviněCzech title
Divoká sviněEnglish title
Crime GamesWorking title
Přesilová hraSummary
In the late eighties, the dramatists of Prague's Barrandov film studios endeavoured to offer viewers Western-style pictures. Despite the fact that the writers and camera crews had little professional experience with this type of entertainment, pictures such as Divoká svině (Crime Games) often emerged. This sole feature-length film of director Jan Kubišta came out in 1989. It used the script of Miloš Fedaš and Pavel Frýbort. The film's protagonist is the Ostrava-born detective Jareš (Ondřej Pavelka), who, after being transferred to Prague, solves the case of Parus, who has just been released from jail; he is shocked to find that in the metropolis the world of crime is closely linked to police activities. The police force's officers often find the temptation of corruption irresistible... In Kubišta’s film, Marek Vašut, Michael Dlouhý and Oldřich Vlach appear in the roles of law enforcers. On the side of crime are Vitezslav Jandák (Parus) and Ladislav Županič (the Yugoslavian smuggler Grlič).
Synopsis
The Ostrava criminalist Jare is transferred to Prague after having a conflict with the local golden kids. The villa of the prominent Sedlakovič is robbed by the recidivist Legeza. The trafficker nicknamed Blonďák (Blonde) sells the stolen antique jewellery to the Yugoslav Grlič while throwing away the gold-coloured sculpture of a Stakhanovite, which Legeza also picked up in the villa. The criminal Parus who had just been released from prison looks in vain for a job in the town of Sokolov. He has a fight with the pimps of two woman thieves and then asks engineer Hanzig - the undisclosed accomplice of his previous crimes - for help. Hanzig drives him to Prague. Grlič approaches the border but loses his nerve; he fails to smuggle the jewellery and returns to the Czech Republic. A severely wounded Romany man in Sokolov identifies Parus as the culprit from photographs. Jare is charged with investigating the Parus' case. His colleagues also include his former friend, Otakar Bílek. During the investigation, Jare gradually reveals with shock how tightly interconnected are the worlds of criminals, moneychangers, corrupt police and prominents. The discarded sculpture brings another clue and the criminalists also discover the trafficker Grlič. In spite of that, one of the investigators claims that they "uselessly dig around like a wild sow". The prostitute Helena tries to blackmail Parus which costs her her life. The criminals remarkably manage to keep escaping - someone keeps warning them. Jare is transferred to investigate another case, but the new investigation gives him a trace to Parus. Otakar Bílek tries to kill him in a gunfight and Jare grasps that his friend wanted to remove a witness of his venality. Otakar cynically laughs at him - no one can prove anything about him. The fight eventually breaks their friendship. The next day, Jare is assigned an insignificant investigation.
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Cast
Ondřej Pavelka
poručík VB František Jareš
Marek Vašut
poručík VB Otakar Bílek
Michal Dlouhý
podporučík VB Ivan Dvořák
Oldřich Vlach
major VB Vlach
Vítězslav Jandák
kriminálník Parus
Miloslav Kopečný
inženýr Bohuslav Hanzig
Ivana Chýlková
Daniela Imrichová
Miluše Šplechtová
prostitutka Helena, sestra Daniely
Jiří Hálek
Sedlakovič
Ladislav Županič
jugoslávský pašerák Grlič
René Přibil
nadporučík VB Stanislav Vágner
Jiří Wohanka
nadporučík VB Mrkvička
Stanislav Tříska
poručík VB Řinčil
Petr Popelka
poručík VB Kolek
Gabriela Wilhelmová
Vlastička, sekretářka VB
Viktor Vrabec
náčelník VB v Ostravě
Antonín Hardt
náčelník VB v Praze
Jiřina Jelenská
Sedlakovičova žena
Jiří Samek
německý obchodník Kunc
Stanislav Fišer
barman
Adolf Kohuth
Franc
Miroslav Babuský
Blonďák
Pavel Skřípal
Fero Legeza
Jiřina Jelenská
Sedlakovičová
Rudolf Stärz
nadporučík Zíma
Pavel Robin
starý Legeza
Roman Hemala
starožitník
Jiří Kvasnička
vekslák Richard
Rudolf Vodrážka
příslušník VB
Andrea Bogušovská
děvče z garáží
Antonín Zacpal
starý muž
Zdeněk Mucha
výčepní
Milan Duchek
číšník
Jana Robenková
stará ficka
Simona Prasková
mladá ficka
Jana Šedová
sousedka Heleny
Pavel Vangeli
syn sousedky
Eva Záběhlická
matka Imricha
Jindřich Hrdý
příslušník VB
Jiří Sýkora
zadržený
Milan Šenki
ostravský cikán
Karel Vávrovec
ostravský kriminalista
Karel Suzska
ostravský kriminalista
Petr Sekanina
polský překupník
František Stupka
muž na mostě
Miroslav Dubský
prodavač
Jana Marková
sousedka na pavlači
Jan Dejmek
opilec
Igor Smržík
Macek
Hana Lelitová
žena v Ostravě
Andrea Sedláčková
smějící se dívka
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Jan Záhumenský
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Miroslav Čermák (3), Jaroslav Chytrý, Jan Huptych, Milan Šefrna
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Bohumil Vlach, Vlasta Synkulová, Bára Jelínková
Unit Production Manager
Rudolf Jelínek, Michal Škop
Consultant
mjr. JUDr. Miloslav Dočekal, Jaroslav Tomsa
Cooperation
Alice Sotonová (klapka), Miroslav Jirsa (fotograf), Miloš Schmiedberger (fotograf), Ondřej Balík, Marta Bandyová, Rudolf Friesz
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Songs
Javorník, Javorník
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer Ondřej Pavelka
Production info
Original Title
Divoká svině
Czech Title
Divoká svině
English Title
Crime Games
Working Title
Přesilová hra
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1989
Production Year
1989
Production specifications
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1992
Premiere
gala premiere 28 June 1990 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
premiere 1 September 1990 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
6. tvůrčí skupina, Jan Vild (vedoucí 6. tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
107 min
Original length in metres
3 066 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
