The Operation Danube

Country

Poland, Czech Republic

Copyright

2009

Production year

2009

Runtime

104 min

Director

Jacek Głomb

Category

film

Genre

historical, tragicomedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Operace Dunaj

Czech title

Operace Dunaj

English title

The Operation Danube

Co-production title

Operacja Dunaj

Summary

A tragicomedy derived from the events of 21 August 1968, when the then Czechoslovakia was invaded by the “friendly forces" of the Warsaw Pact. The film was based on the director's theatre play and tells the story of a Polish tank that gets lost in the Czech lands during the invasion. Everything is the fault of the dilatoriness of the Lady Bug (name of their tank) unit, which set out from the Polish barracks last and immediately got lost over the border. They made their way to a small town and unfortunately the tank rammed into a pub where they were just ending the celebration of the station head Kulka who was retiring. This event caused a happy and sad chain of events of the Polish tank units and Czech townspeople.

Crew and creators

Director

Jacek Głomb

Director of Photography

Jacek Petrycki

Camera Operator

Michał Sobótka

Costume Designer

Małgorzata Bulanda /ž/

Film Editor

Jiří Brožek

Stunt Coordinator

Petr Drozda, Zbigniew Modej

Production Manager

Andrzej Besztak

Production Manager

Michał Szczerbic, Jan Strašík

Consultant

František Koch (vojenství), Michał Olton (vojenství)

Cooperation

Jiří Menzel (režijní supervize)

Czech subtitles

Lenka Tyrpáková

Subtitles Made by

Filmprint

Music

Music Composed by

Bartosz Straburzyński

Selected Music

Bedřich Smetana (Smyčcový kvartet e-moll T116 Z mého života, část 3 Largo sostenuto)

Songs

Po ten kwiat czerwony

Song Composer Jerzy Wasowski

Biały krzyż

Song Composer Krzysztof Klenczon

Production info

Original Title

Operace Dunaj

Czech Title

Operace Dunaj

English Title

The Operation Danube

Co-production Title

Operacja Dunaj

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

historical, tragicomedy

Origin country

Poland, Czech Republic

Copyright

2009

Production Year

2009

Premiere

gala premiere 21 July 2009 (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)
distribution premiere 23 July 2009 /suitable for all ages/

Distribution slogan

When we go to the pub, we take a tank.

Distribution

Bontonfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

104 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,85

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, Polish

Subtitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech