There Was Once a Cop

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1995

Production year

1994

Premiere

2 February 1995

Runtime

83 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy, screwball comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Byl jednou jeden polda

Czech title

Byl jednou jeden polda

English title

There Was Once a Cop

English parallel title

Once There was a Policeman

Working title

Byl jednou jeden policajt

Summary

A crazy comedy about Czech policemen.

Cast

Ladislav Potměšil

major Maisner

Rudolf Hrušínský ml.

patolog Slavíček

Simona Krainová

Simona Ptáčková

Miroslav Moravec

náměstek ministra vnitra

Jana Synková

psycholožka Kudláková

Jaroslav Sypal

poručík Hrubec

Ivan Gübel

poručík Kuře

Eva Kuszniruková

Jana

Marcel Ochránek

Petr

Oldřich Navrátil

učitel těsnopisu

Květa Fialová

stará dáma

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Dagmar Frantová

Screenstory

Miroslav Vaic

Shooting Script

Jaroslav Soukup

Director of Photography

Vladimír Holomek

Camera Operator

Vlastimil Malaska

Production Designer

Jaroslav Řeřicha

Costume Designer

Hana Havelková

Make-Up Artist

František Pilný

Sound Designer

Jiří Hora

Titles Designed by

Zdeněk Zatloukal

Production Manager

Antonín Suchánek

Unit Production Manager

Ivo Pitrák

Consultant

Jaroslav Tomsa, mjr. Oldřich Hejda, mjr. Pavel Snětina, mjr. Jiří Vaníček, kpt. Dalibor Hlavsa

Music

Music Composed by

Zdeněk Barták

Music Performed by

Filmový symfonický oschestr

Music Conducted by

Mário Klemens

Production info

Original Title

Byl jednou jeden polda

Czech Title

Byl jednou jeden polda

English Title

There Was Once a Cop

English Parallel Title

Once There was a Policeman

Working Title

Byl jednou jeden policajt

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, screwball comedy

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1995

Production Year

1994

Premiere

premiere 2 February 1995 /suitable for all ages/ (kino Blaník, Praha)

Distribution slogan

A crazy comedy about Czech policemen.

Distribution

nový oceán, spol. s r. o., OCEAN FILM s.r.o., Astra Film (programování)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

83 min

Distribution carrier

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

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 17. festival české filmové komedie Novoměstský hrnec smíchu Nové Město nad Metují

1995
Nové Město nad Metují / Czech Republic
Jaroslav Soukup