The Money Changer

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production year

1994

Premiere

21 April 1994

Runtime

90 min

Director

Jan Prokop

Category

film

Genre

crime, action

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Vekslák aneb Staré zlaté časy

Czech title

Vekslák aneb Staré zlaté časy

English title

The Money Changer

Working title

Vekslák

Summary

Student Michal Najman has to pay dearly for his life in "high society". On his way "up" gets a lot of socks but soon he learns how to deal out blows himself.

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Prokop

Second Unit Director

Olga Kubištová

Based on

Pavel Frýbort (Vekslák – román)

Director of Photography

Jiří Macák

Camera Operator

Vladimír Murat

Production Designer

Drahoslav Nikodém

Set Designer

Zdeněk Haller

Film Editor

Ivana Davidová

Sound Designer

Karel Jaroš

Assistant Sound Designer

Jiří Bělík

Producer

Rudolf Mos

Production Manager

Miroslav Dousek

Unit Production Manager

Ivana Wondrovicová, Jiří Mařas

Cooperation

Jiří Půlpán (vrchní osvětlovač), Magda Blaháková

Music

Music Composed by

Daniel Fikejz

Music Performed by

hudební skupina Alice

Production info

Original Title

Vekslák aneb Staré zlaté časy

Czech Title

Vekslák aneb Staré zlaté časy

English Title

The Money Changer

Working Title

Vekslák

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

crime, action

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production Year

1994

Premiere

festival premiere 14 April 1994 (7. festival českých filmů Finále ’94 Plzeň)
premiere 21 April 1994 /recommended for 15 and over/ (kino Pasáž, Praha)

Distribution slogan

The Money Changer – that is bolt from the blue.

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

90 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, English, German, Slovak

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech