Escapes to Go Home
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1980Production year
1979—1980Premiere
17 October 1980Runtime
84 minDirector
Jaromil JirešCategory
filmGenre
psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Útěky domůCzech title
Útěky domůEnglish title
Escapes to Go HomeSummary
Director Jaromil Jireš and Jana Brejchová had previously worked together on the adaptation of Vladimír Páral’s novel Mladý muž a bílá velryba (The Young Man and the White Whale, 1978), in which the popular actress brought to life the role of the manipulative Edita. Two years later, Jireš and Brejchová teamed up again for relationship drama Útěky domů (Escapes to Go Home, 1980). The heroine of the story is fashion designer Marie, who, along with her husband Michal, decides to adopt a son. The boy, little Honzík, has no idea that he is adopted – that is, until his ambitious young mother, under work pressure, reveals the truth. Honzík runs away from home, but his radical journey in search of his biological mother serves as something of a curative tonic for the insecure Marie and her husband. This refined film also features Jan Kanyza and the popular child star Tomáš Holý.
Synopsis
Marie, a fashion designer, and her younger husband Michal have recently adopted a boy called Honzík. Honzík does not know that Marie and Michal are not his biological parents and enjoys a happy childhood. After ten years, the family gets into crisis provoked by Marie's professional ambition. For the first time, Marie works for a theatre, where she wants to make a good start. Her designs, however, do not seem good enough for her and she falls into depression. She feels that she does not manage anything and everything is tiring her, including her family. She starts blaming Honzík for the situation. During one quarrel with Michal she even suggests that they should return the boy to the children's home in Brod. Honzík overhears the quarrel and decides to find his biological mother. Every day, instead of going to school, he travels around all Bohemian towns called Brod. Honzík's teacher, called Karas, tells Marie that Honzík misses school allegedly goes to Brod to see her every day. Marie gathers that Honzík heard the quarrel. It seems that the family is to break up soon. Marie decides to visit a psychologist, who openly blames her for the situation. When Marie finds out that Honzík has run away again, she follows him to the place they have originally brought him from. In the meantime, Honzík manages to get into the archive of the children's home in the right Brod and strives to find his mother's address. At the last moment, however, he returns the documents without looking at them and disappears. On his way home he, by chance, stops Marie's car. The tension in the family dies down and the three family members want to live with one another again.
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Cast
Jana Brejchová
módní návrhářka Marie Tůmová
Jan Kanyza
letecký mechanik Michal, Mariin muž
Tomáš Holý
Honzík, adoptovaný syn Marie a Michala
Vlastimil Hašek
Robert, Michalův kolega
Evald Schorm
Voice by Rudolf Jelínek
divadelní režisér Hugo Jílek
Andrea Čunderlíková
Dana, Michalova kolegyně
Karolina Slunéčková
Hanka, Robertova žena
Markéta Fišerová
Lenka, dcera Hanky a Roberta
Petr Bednář
Franta, Lenčin přítel
Miloš Kopecký
psychiatr MUDr. Karel Chrástek
Václav Lohniský
vrátný v kojeneckém ústavu
Karel Augusta
průvodčí ve vlaku
Milan Riehs
Voice by Soběslav Sejk
učitel Karas
Jiřina Jirásková
divadelní herečka
Ilja Racek
divadelní herec
Zdeněk Hodr
divadelní herec
Lída Vostrčilová
divadelní herečka
Svatopluk Skládal
divadelní herec
Karel Hovorka
divadelní herec
Karel Hovorka ml.
inspicient
Vladimír Hlavatý
děda řezbář
Blažena Holišová
matka
František Řehák
otec
Stanislava Coufalová
dcera
Jiří Fejfar
syn
Karel Heřmánek
kumpán Tonda
Pavel Zedníček
kumpán Antonín
Raoul Schránil
vedoucí módní přehlídky
Hana Jelínková
návrhářka Růženka
Jan Cmíral
vedoucí komise
Mnislav Hofmann
člen komise
Jaroslava Schallerová
Voice by Jitka Zelenohorská
pečovatelka v dětském domově
Vladimír Hrabánek
taxikář
Karel Bělohradský
odtahovač
Tereza Pokorná
těhotná dívka
Zdena Burdová
sestra na psychiatrii
Bohuslav Ličman
muž na nádraží
Ladislav Krečmer
muž na nádraží
Karel Novák
vrátný
Jiří Kodet
muž u baru
Eva Lorenzová
krasavice v baru
Robert Vrchota
řidič nákladního auta
Lena Birková
sestra v kojeneckém ústavu
Dana Balounová
aktivní paní
Marie Dudáková
manekýnka
Irena Hahnová
manekýnka
Marie Kadeřábková
manekýnka
Milada Štědroňová
manekýnka
Růžena Vyskočilová
manekýnka
Jiří Zahrádka
manekýn
Oldřich Velen
výpravčí
Vlastimila Vlková
pacientka MUDr. Chrástka
Eugen Jegorov
muž ve vlaku
Alena Procházková
žena ve vlaku
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Bohumír Schwarzer
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
J. Hořejší, Zdeněk Jeřábek, Rudolf Kinský, Miroslav Stibr
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Ladislav Beneš, Jana Koubová
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Lenka Rambousková (klapka), Jan Kuděla (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
Songs
Čekej tiše
Song Composer Joe AllisonAudrey Allison
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Grossmann
Singer Eva Olmerová
Production info
Original Title
Útěky domů
Czech Title
Útěky domů
English Title
Escapes to Go Home
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1980
Production Year
1979—1980
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 6 June 1979
start of filming 19 July 1979
technical Screenplay approved 13 August 1979
end of filming 20 February 1980
projection approval 13 March 1980
Premiere
premiere 17 October 1980 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Vladimíra Kaliny, Vladimír Kalina (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 413 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
