You’re Card-Sharper
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1986Production year
1986Premiere
1 September 1987Runtime
77 minDirector
Zdeněk ZelenkaCategory
filmGenre
childrenTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Jsi falešný hráčCzech title
Jsi falešný hráčEnglish title
You’re Card-SharperSummary
After his fairytale-themed film debut Čarovné dědictví (Enchanted Heritage, 1985) writer-director Zdeněk Zelenka turned to the subject of adolescent growing pains in his next film Jsi falešný hráč (You're Card-Sharper). The main protagonists of this 1986 film are two young school friends on the cusp of adulthood, whose time together serves as an escape from troubled family lives. Gifted Adam Martínek is battling with a distant and ambitious mother, while Dušan Petera is suffering from the effects of having an alcoholic father. The friends manage to make money thanks to a band set up at the local people’s art school, in which Adam plays trumpet. But the tight-knit friendship soon begins to unravel. Non-actors Roland Samek (Dušan) and Filip Mourel (Adam) take the lead roles. The effectiveness of this story of rural youngsters is assisted by its adult cast – Ladislav Mrkvička and Daniela Kolářová in the roles of Dušan’s parents, and Iva Janžurová as a local and understanding class teacher.
Synopsis
Adam Martínek plays a trumpet in the music school group. His best friend is Dušan Peter. When their parents are quarrelling, the boys sometimes overnight with each other. Peter's father began to drink because his wife is unfaithful to him. Adam is escaping from her cold and ambitious mother. The class teacher is taking them regularly to school by car. She does not understand why the talented Adam failed the entrance exams to grammar school. When Dušan's father is drunk, he breaks the music instruments of the musicians in the pub and they cannot play at a golden wedding. Adam persuades his group to play there because of Dušan. For this performance the boys get money. They like it and they choose Dušan as a manager and a cashier. Adam becomes jealous of Dušan, and their friendship gets a first crack, which gets bigger by mutual mistrust. Adam said to Dušan, that he failed the entrance exams to the grammar school to spite his mother. Dušan breaks the given promise and tells the reason of Adam's failure to the teacher. They also become rivals when they both like the same girl. The group of boys plays at a wedding during a time when they have classes. The teacher comes to pick them up there and Adam suspects Dušan of a betrayal. The boys fight and Adam writes to Dušan that his mother is leaving the family because of another man. Peter boozes away the money which belonged to the group. The group harshly wants the money back. Adam advocates him, but despite of that the boys don't reconcile. Adam admits to Dušan that he failed the exams because of examination fever. When he is supposed to go with his mother to the school appeal commission, Adam unhappily tears his trousers. Dušan wants to help him, but they don't manage to mend the trousers. However he releases him from the examination fever. He calls it an unnecessary fear from his mother. The boys are friends again and their nice teacher supports them.
Note
František Palka is the author of the Valachian motifs on the walls of the restaurant Valašský šenk (Valachian taproom) in Vizovice.
Photos
Cast
Roland Samek
Voice by Michal Dlouhý
Dušan Petera
Filip Moural
Voice by Petr Strnad
trumpetista Adam Martínek
Iva Janžurová
třídní učitelka Jarmilka Tauferová
Daniela Kolářová
zdravotní sestra Peterová, Dušanova matka
Ladislav Mrkvička
Petera, Dušanův otec
Evelyna Steimarová
Dana Martínková, Adamova matka
Petr Popelka
Martínek, Adamův otec
Jiří Strnad
Viktor
Petr Valík
Voice by Radek Pechlát
Zbyněk
Matěj Vondrejs
Emil
David Jančík
Voice by Petr Šimák
Filip
Tomáš Kristek
Voice by Filip Čáp
Ondra
Jiří Knotek (2)
Voice by David Novotný
David
Michaela Mikulášová
Simona Jiroušková
Vlasta Fialová
ředitelka školy
Věra Tichánková
Drábková
Miriam Kantorková
hostinská
Václav Babka
kapelník
Luděk Kopřiva
Burda, hráč na basu
Lubomír Lipský
vlezlý host v restauraci
Karel Vochoč
Voice by Dalimil Klapka
výpravčí
Filip Renč
novomanžel
Ľudovít Kroner
ženich na zlaté svatbě, Burdův otec
Jaroslav Tomsa
rváč-klarinetista
Jiří Tomek
zástupce ředitelky
Josef Kubíček
číšník
Jaroslav Dufek
otec na svatbě
Zdeněk Dvořák
Voice by Jiří Wohanka
karosář
Steva Maršálek
mistr v lese, Peterův šéf
Eva Vidlařová
Voice by Zdeňka Sajfertová
vrchní sestra
Zbyněk Honzík
Simonin přítel
Vladuna Polanská
Voice by Hana Talpová
přísná učitelka
Miroslava Kolářová
Voice by Gabriela Osvaldová
zdravotní sestra
Monika Svobodová
zdravotní sestra
Ivana Valová
zdravotní sestra
Jaroslav Kyncl
Voice by Karel Urbánek
strojvůdce motorového vlaku
David Vaněk
hráč dechovky LŠU
Zdeněk Chudožilov
hráč dechovky LŠU
Dalibor Kozmík
hráč dechovky LŠU
Jan Seifert
hráč dechovky LŠU
Pavel Dvořák (4)
hráč dechovky LŠU
Josef Konečný
hráč dechovky LŠU
Rudolf Bečica
hráč dechovky LŠU
Jiří Žurek
hráč dechovky LŠU
Radek Gajdošík
hráč dechovky LŠU
Robert Dlesk
hráč dechovky LŠU
Dan Rafaj
hráč dechovky LŠU
Ivo Thurner
hráč dechovky LŠU
Jiří Kadlčák
hráč dechovky LŠU
Robert Nešpor
hráč dechovky LŠU
Marie Komňacká
žačka Brudňáková
Vlasta Mecnarowská
Voice by Lena Birková
korepetitorka
Věra Nováková
Voice by Jindra Kvardová
stará Burdová
Miroslav Bezdíček
stařeček
Milada Kuncová
paní výpravčí
Miloš Vosmanský
Voice by Tomáš Jančařík
svatebčan
Jiří Kraus
muž ve rvačce
František Stupka
muž ve rvačce
Karel Engel
muž ve rvačce
Jaroslav Šanda
muž ve rvačce
Jaroslav Tomsa
muž ve rvačce
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Pavel Nášel, Filip Renč
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Art Director
Set Designer
Josef Vojtášek, Jiří Balga
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Josef Javořík, František Fabián, Jitka Zvirocká (zvukové efekty)
Assistant Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Zdena Bláhová
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jiří Zemanec, Věra Kopecká
Unit Production Manager
Milan Sedláček
Consultant
Jaroslav Bílý
Cooperation
Hana Daňková (klapka), Otto Kamenský (fotograf), Zdeněk Skaunic
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Mario Klemens)
Songs
When the Saints Go Marching In
Song Composer tradicionál
Kdyby byl Bavorov
Song Composer lidová píseň
Co je to
Song Composer Jiří F. Svoboda
Writer of Lyrics Naďa Urbánková
Singer Naďa Urbánková
My jsme Valaši
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer dětský sbor
Nepudeme domů až ráno
Singer sbor
Na hradě Okoři
Singer sbor
Co jste, hasiči
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Santa Lucia
Song Composer Teodoro Cottrau
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Borovec
Singer Ladislav MrkvičkaRoland Samek [dab]Michal Dlouhý
Děvčátko
Singer sbor
Ešče si zazpívám
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer dívčí sbor
Přeštické panenky
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer dívčí sbor
Production info
Original Title
Jsi falešný hráč
Czech Title
Jsi falešný hráč
English Title
You’re Card-Sharper
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1986
Production Year
1986
Premiere
premiere 1 September 1987 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
77 min
Original length in metres
2 200 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
Awards
Vítěz
Exhibition: 19. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti Ostrov
1987
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Zelenka
