Cabaret on Commission
Country
Czechoslovakia, Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsCopyright
1982Production year
1982Premiere
3 December 1982Runtime
78 minDirector
Zdeněk PodskalskýCategory
filmGenre
comedy, revueTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Revue na zakázkuCzech title
Revue na zakázkuEnglish title
Cabaret on CommissionParallel title
Do svidanija, MedeoWorking title
Nezadržitelná revueSummary
While approaching the end of his filmmaking career, director Zdeněk Podskalský twice turned to the comedy duo Jiří Lábus and Oldřich Kaiser. In both cases, the films more or less comprise of a series of sketches put together around a “commissioned” theme: in the case of Velká filmová loupež (The Great Movie Robbery, 1986) the story centres on the U Hybernů cinematographic exhibition, while when it comes to the crazy comedy Revue na zakázku (Cabaret on Commission, 1982) viewers behold a manifestation of Czechoslovak-Kazakh cultural solidarity. While preparing an ice revue coproduction based on One Thousand and One Nights, the two protagonists – an assistant choreographer and an assistant director –set out on a journey to the exotic city of Almaty to study Kazakh folklore. But for these two young guys the boundary between reality and imagination is highly distorted… Apart from the popular duo, a number of Kazakh and Soviet artists also appear. However, the musical performances are led by Helena Vondráčková and Karel Černoch.
Synopsis
A revue on ice on the motif of the fairy-tale One Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights is being prepared at a winter stadium in Prague. The young assistants rather scornfully obey their older colleagues and think their own thoughts. Especially the director's assistant has a colourful imagination and fantasizes about how the revue should look. Employees of the art agency Pragokoncert introduce the staff to a pretty director of a Kazakhstan art agency, Alija, and the contract is signed soon after. The young men take off for Almaty to stage a revue employing Kazakstan traditions and folklore there. Their imagination is boundless and is influenced by visions which do not overlap with reality any more. Alija wants to meet their requirements, and a folk acrobatic horse ride is prepared - the so-called jiggytov dance and a marriage with a bride kidnapping. The former assistant who is now the director does not notice in his enthusiasm that things are totally different. The revue on ice is nevertheless extremely successful. This is the end of the young men's trip and they return home. The Prague premiere turned out well, too. The old artists receive diplomas from Pragokoncert and the youngsters are flabbergasted, feeling unsure about whether everything that happened in Kazakhstan was not just the fruit of their wild imagination.
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Cast
Oldřich Kaiser
asistent choreografie
Jiří Lábus
asistent režiséra
Roza Rymbajeva
Voice by Jarmila Švehlová
zpěvačka Raušan/ředitelka umělecké agentury Alija
Doschan Žolžaksynov
Voice by Pavel Trávníček
Karim Sabitov, Alijin náměstek
Erik Žolžaksynov
Voice by Petr Pospíchal
student Murat
Vladimír Šmeral
starý režisér
Frank Towen
Voice by Zdeněk Podskalský
starý choreograf
Jaroslav Vozáb
úředník
Milan Mach
úředník
Helena Vondráčková
Šeherezáda
Karel Černoch
zpěvák
Kudajbergen Sultanbajev
kazašský úředník
Ajžan Nurmagambetova
zpěvačka
Zareme Sesimbekova
zpěvačka
Kasym Žakibajev
Človíček, malý bývalý pytlák
Dimaš Achimov
Dlouhán, velký bývalý pytlák
Muchtar Bachtygerejev
inspektor Bejsembaj
Moskevský balet na ledě
Valerij Babickij
sólista Moskevského baletu na ledě
Jelena Akulova
sólistka Moskevského baletu na led
Dětská lední revue TJ Stadion Praha
Soubor Gulder
kazašský soubor
Soubor Kokšetau
kazašský soubor
Soubor Otrar Sazy
kazašský soubor
Jan Barták
tanečník ze sólového páru
Jana Beránková
tanečnice ze sólového páru
Eva Asterová
tanečnice
Kateřina Franková
tanečnice
Vladimír Kloubek
tanečník
Jan Klár
tanečník
Petr Zdeněk Koželuh
tanečník
Marie Marmazinská
tanečnice
Ladislav Rajn
tanečník
Tanat Žaljibekov
Voice by Soběslav Sejk
strážný
Dubbing
Jiří Zahajský
hlas taxikáře
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Zdeněk Troška, Lejla Aranyševa
Assistant Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Stanislav Kautský, Marat Šajdinov
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Karel Kočí, Michail Kolbasovskij, Vladimír Mácha, Bohumil Kadlec, Vladimír Slepička
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Lucie Hertlová, Miroslav Dousek, Dana Dudová
Unit Production Manager
Ivana Chobotová
Cooperation
Dana Průchová (klapka), Miloslav Mirvald (fotograf), G. Sungatulena, O. Musabekov, Š. Taševa
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Mario Klemens), Studiový orchestr (Music Conducted by Vítězslav Hádl)
Choreographer
Vladimir Tichonov, Pavel Šmok
Songs
Přeletaví ptáci
Song Composer Taskyn Okapov
Singer Roza Rymbajeva
Pojď do pohádky za štěstím
Song Composer Vítězslav Hádl
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Helena VondráčkováKarel Černoch
Staň se pírkem
Song Composer Vítězslav Hádl
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Oldřich Kaiser
Šabada du dej
Singer Oldřich KaiserJiří LábusRoza Rimbajeva
Production info
Original Title
Revue na zakázku
Czech Title
Revue na zakázku
English Title
Cabaret on Commission
Parallel Title
Do svidanija, Medeo
Working Title
Nezadržitelná revue
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, revue
Origin country
Czechoslovakia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Copyright
1982
Production Year
1982
Premiere
gala premiere 1 December 1982 (kino Lucerna, Praha)
premiere 3 December 1982 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Dramaturgická skupina Miloše Brože, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
78 min
Original length in metres
2 213 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
