On Parents and Children
Country
Czech RepublicCopyright
2008Production year
2007Premiere
6 March 2008Runtime
110 minDirector
Vladimír MichálekCategory
filmGenre
comedy, bitter comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
O rodičích a dětechCzech title
O rodičích a dětechEnglish title
On Parents and ChildrenSummary
The films storyline starts out in an almost banal manner: A man goes for a walk with his father. Seemingly the only thing that joins these two men is the fact that they meet once a month for a walk through Prague. Nevertheless, they are bound together by more than forty years of a shared life. Their brilliantly directed dialogue reveals the history of the twentieth century, including all the absurdities associated with it, digging down to the deepest places of human relationships. Old debts, sufferings, and joys are revealed. And some mistakes are repeated again and again.
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Cast
Josef Somr
otec
Luboš Kostelný
vnuk
Mariana Kroftová
Marta
Zuzana Stivínová
matka
Ina Gogálová
Táňa
Jiří Lábus
Pepča
Lenka Vlasáková
doktorka Nachtigal
Luboš Veselý
Fredy
Alice Šnirychová
vdova
Vladimír Hauser
dr. Izmalčev
Tony Ducháček
Kulich
Ivan Landsman
muž na stromě
Marta Bačíková
holka
Václav Růžička
syn jako šestiletý
Adam Husák
syn jako dvanáctiletý
František Mysliveček
otec jako desetiletý
Ludmila Meceredová
Pepčova žena
Václav Maixner
děda
Marie Málková
babička
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Emil Hakl (O rodičích a dětech – novela)
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Boris Masník (triková část)
Costume Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Visual Effects
Universal Production Partners, s.r.o., Boris Masník (supervize)
Producer
Production Manager
Artistic Collaboration
Tomáš Machek (grafický design)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Filharmonici města Prahy (Music Conducted by Tadeusz Karolak), Marta Maślanka /ž/ /cimbál/, Piotr Maślanka /marimba, percusse/, Klaudiusz Baran /akordeon/, Michał Wożniak /kontrabas/, Małgorzata Szarlik-Wożniak /ž/ /housle/, Bogdan Kupisiewicz /kytara/, Mariusz Puchlowski /flétna, exotické nástroje/, Henryk Miśkiewicz /altsaxofon, klarinet/
Songwriter
Music Supervisor
Production info
Original Title
O rodičích a dětech
Czech Title
O rodičích a dětech
English Title
On Parents and Children
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, bitter comedy
Origin country
Czech Republic
Copyright
2008
Production Year
2007
Production specifications
start of filming 20 April 2007
end of filming 06/2007
Premiere
gala premiere 5 March 2008 (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)
distribution premiere 6 March 2008 /suitable for all ages/
Distribution slogan
To love is human – to err, genetic. A comedy about fathers, sons, and the women in their lives.
Production
Open Field Pictures s. r. o., CET 21 spol. s r. o. – TV NOVA (koprodukce), RWE Transgas, a. s. (koprodukce), Kamkam (koprodukce), Barrandov Film Studio a. s. (koprodukce), Universal Production Partners, a. s. (koprodukce), Soundsquare, a. s. (koprodukce), Agana, a. s. (koprodukce), Petr Žaluda (koprodukce), Peter Valert (koprodukce), HBO Česká republika, spol. s r. o. (spolupráce)
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
110 min
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Dolby Digital
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
