...And She Picked Up Violets with Dynamite
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1992Production year
1992Premiere
19 November 1992Runtime
90 minDirector
Milan RůžičkaCategory
filmGenre
comedy, screwball comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Trhala fialky dynamitemCzech title
Trhala fialky dynamitemEnglish title
...And She Picked Up Violets with DynamiteSummary
A story about a poor Moravian family - the Karafiat's, that came up with a cunning plan to get rich in the tourism industry. They don't try to take poor Czech tourists to Europe but to bring the rich Western tourists over to the Czech Republic.
Synopsis
A Moravian family, the Karafiáts, is headed by the mother Helena. She summons a family “council” to negotiate what to do after 1989. They hitherto lived on selling flowers brought home by uncle Jožin, an employee of a crematorium. The council decides to establish a special travel agency called Czech Paradise which will bring clients from abroad to the Czech Republic. A cousin called Pons gets an old bus, which is beautifully painted by the grandfather in exchange for a bottle of plum brandy. The family first does not do well in Paris but they are helped by José, a dark-complexioned man who studied in Prague years ago. He also brings over the first customers: a couple of young lovers, a poet, a professor who hopes to find a blue marmot in Slovakia, his wife, and two spinsters who should be expected by a distant aunt in Prague. The Karafiáts collect money from them and the journey “outside Europe” begins. It leads through Germany where the tourists become participants in a fictitious robbery. In Bohemia, they spend night in a scout camp, in a hayloft and also at a château where they unknowingly act as film extras clad in historical costumes. In Prague, the Karafiáts find out that they cannot pay for accommodation for their clients from the collected money and thus transport them directly to Moravia. Here, they run out of money completely. Helena fortunately gets to know the Gypsy baron Dežo, who helps them. The Karafiáts, devastated by the bankruptcy of their travel agency, must again live in the old way. But one day, a column of foreign buses stops in front of their cottage. José is bringing new French clients who were captivated by the stories of the first tourists and want to see the strange country as well. The Karafiáts return to their tourism business, but, this time, in high style.
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Cast
Helena Růžičková
Helena Karafiátová
Jiří Růžička
Jiří Karafiát, bratr Heleny
Lubomír Kostelka
strýc Jožin Karafiát, funebrák
Jitka Asterová
sestřenice Běta zvaná Barbie
Fredy Ayisi
lékař José řečený Josífek
Lubomír Lipský
profesor Noel Imbort
Valentina Thielová
Cecile, profesorova žena
Hana Čížková
Pomněnková Marie, francouzská policistka
Nina Jiránková
sestra Renoirová
Věra Koktová
sestra Renoirová
Roman Skamene
bratranec Jožka Pons
Gabriela Filippi
Jeanette Colas
Jiří Kuldan
Robert, Jeanettin manžel
Zdeněk Blažek
dědeček Karafiátových, malíř
Ivo Pešák
řidič nákladního auta Pyžamo
Jan Bošina
závozník Turek
Rostislav Kuba
rasista Daniel Funes
Petr Akčižůr
básník
Otto Lackovič
Dežo alias Bangladežo Lakatoš
Tomáš Hanák
mafián René
Milan Riehs
ubytovatel Kovář
Jana Altmannová
ubytovatelka Kovářová
Lena Birková
ceremoniářka v pohřební síni
Václav Kotva
skaut Velký Medvěd
Radan Rusev
celník
Eugen Illín
celník
Zdeněk Loveček
pomocný režisér
Rudolf Hošna
režisér
Jan Kuželka
produkční
Petr Skarke
německý policista
Viktorie Knotková
baba v kolibě
Vítězslav Jirsák
představitel Lomikara
Josef Šebek
představitel Koziny
Zdeněk Srstka
představitel kata
Petr Machleidt
dudák
Helena Vondráčková
zmrzlinářka
Libor Vojkůvka
divák v Paříži
Radim Vašinka
vinař
Irena Hýsková
vinařka
Nikol Maláčová
dcera vinařů
Jan Šváb
kastelán
Arnošt Proschek
vekslák
Bohumír Procházka
recepční
Vlasta Peterková
pokladní
Jef Kratochvil
Arab-tetička sester Renoirových
Mohamed Gamal
Arab
Daher Gazi
Arab
Václav Luks
šermíř
Robo Grigorov
horal s valaškou
Maroš Kramár
horal s fujarou
Beáta Dubasová
dívka v kolibě
Jana Demlová
Giani Francini
Petra Zelinková
komorní soubor FISYO
hudebníci při natáčení
Cimbálová muzika Strážnice
muzika ve sklípku
Česká muzika Josefa Hlavsy
muzika u Kováře
The Street Parade Jazz Band
pouliční hudebníci
Romský soubor Perumos
romský soubor
děti z Dětského domova Slon Šarišské Michaľany
dětští diváci
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Art Director
Libor Vojkůvka (design autobusu)
Set Designer
Václav Hrubín
Costume Designer
Costumes
Helena Vondrušková (vedoucí kostymérka), Gabriela Zachová, Studio Miriam Hošna Brno
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Assistant Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Stunts
Producer
Production
Spurný III, Tomáš Spurný, Steve L. Lichtag, Václav Junek (2)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Alena Drocarová, Petr Rožánek, Marie Grochová
Cooperation
Marie Hrubanová (klapka), Jef Kratochvil (fotograf), Ivan Frössl
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Bedřich Smetana (Prodaná nevěsta /Milostné zvířátko uděláme z vás/), Bedřich Smetana (Prodaná nevěsta /Věrné naše milování/), Bedřich Smetana (Prodaná nevěsta /Proč bychom se netěšili/)
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček), Cimbálová muzika Strážnice, Česká muzika Josefa Hlavsy, The Street Parade Jazz Band, Romský soubor Perumos
Music Supervisor
Songs
Trhala fialky dynamitem
Song Composer Milan Dvořák
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Cmíral
Singer Karel Černochženský sbor
Rodné údolí
Song Composer tradicionál
Writer of Lyrics Emil Knos
Singer Ivo PešákJan Bošinasbor
Kdyby byl Bavorov
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer Radan RusevEvžen IllínPetr Machleidt
Proč ta sova tolik houkala
Song Composer Karel Vacek
Writer of Lyrics Karel Vacek
Singer Česká muzika Josefa Hlavsy
Letí šíp savanou
Song Composer Ruda Jurist
Writer of Lyrics Ruda Jurist
Singer Lubomír Kostelka
Škoda lásky
Song Composer Jaromír Vejvoda
Writer of Lyrics Václav Zeman
Singer The Street Parade Jazz Band
Vínečko bílé
Song Composer František Hřebačka-Mikulecký
Writer of Lyrics František Hřebačka-Mikulecký
Singer Lubomír KostelkaFredy Ayisi
Na těch panských lukách
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer Lubomír Kostelka
Věrné naše milování
Song Composer Bedřich Smetana
Writer of Lyrics Karel Sabina
Singer Ivo Pešák [dab]Helena Růžičková [dab]
Milostné zvířátko uděláme z vás
Song Composer Bedřich Smetana
Writer of Lyrics Karel Sabina
Singer Jitka Asterová [dab]
Proč bychom se netěšili
Song Composer Bedřich Smetana
Writer of Lyrics Karel Sabina
Singer sbor
Jetelíček u vody
Song Composer Václav Bláha
Production info
Original Title
Trhala fialky dynamitem
Czech Title
Trhala fialky dynamitem
English Title
...And She Picked Up Violets with Dynamite
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, screwball comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1992
Production Year
1992
Production specifications
start of filming 1 July 1992
Premiere
premiere 19 November 1992 /suitable for youths/
Distribution slogan
A story of a poor Moravian family starting a business.
Production
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Distribution
Interfilm, Pragafilm (majitel monopolu)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
90 min
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, German, French, Slovak
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
