Forest Walkers

Country

Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, France

Copyright

2003

Production year

2001—2002

Premiere

20 February 2003

Runtime

95 min

Director

Ivan Vojnár

Category

film

Genre

comedy, romantic, bitter comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Lesní chodci

Czech title

Lesní chodci

English title

Forest Walkers

Summary

In a film on the border of fiction and document, the past merges with the present. The story’s protagonists are Rufus, a slacker and drunk with Bohemian inclinations, his wife Kateřina, a son called Little Rufus and Rufus’s friend Čerčil with his much younger girlfriend Greta and daughter Little Greta. The story takes place in the span of 20 years and includes the story of Čerčil’s daughter who goes to visit Little Rufus in prison.

Cast

Jitka Prosperi /ž/

Puklice

Ester Hocke /ž/

Malá Gréta

Lenka Volfová

Rufusova sestra

Josef Vinklář

vyšetřovatel

Jana Holcová

železničářka

Karolína Rottová

přítelkyně Malýho Rufuse

Jana Bittnerová

ředitelka dětského domova

Lotar Radványi

děda Malé Gréty

David Pikhart

Malej Rufus v dětském věku

Vlastimil Růžička

Malej Rufus v dětském věku

Pavla Mičková

Malá Gréta v dětském věku

Jana Dolanská

hospodská Boženka

Tomáš Bambušek

šéf kapely

Pavlínka

Crew and creators

Director

Ivan Vojnár

Based on

Martin Ryšavý (Lesní chodci – absolventský scénář), Martin Ryšavý (Lesní chodci – kniha)

Screenplay

Martin Ryšavý, Ivan Vojnár (úprava dialogů), Galina Šustová (spolupráce na scénáři), Yveta Shanfeldová (monolog), Ivan Vojnár (monolog), Jiří Schmitzer (monolog), Ester Hocke /ž/ (monolog), Petra Poláková (monolog), Lenka Regentová (monolog)

Dramaturg

Bedřich Ludvík (ČT)

Director of Photography

Ramúnas Greičius

Second Unit Photography

Jozef Lietavec

Art Director

Jan Tobola

Costume Designer

Ivan Vojnár

Make-Up Artist

Jiřina Pahlerová

Sound Designer

Jiří Klenka

Executive Producer

Galina Šustová

Production Manager

Aleš Novák (ČT), Silvia Trizuljaková (ALEF Film & Media Group)

Music

Music Composed by

Irena Havlová, Vojtěch Havel

Selected Music

Bedřich Smetana (Má vlast /Vltava/)

Songs

Šejkuj celej školní rok

Song Composer Jim JacobsWarren Casey

Kouzla lásky

Song Composer Jim JacobsWarren Casey

Kale bala, kale jakha

Song Composer Jiří PeštaMiroslav PeštaBartoloměj Vaško
Singer skupina Točkolotoč

Fanfára

Song Composer Michael Kocáb

Ach, synku, synku

Production info

Original Title

Lesní chodci

Czech Title

Lesní chodci

English Title

Forest Walkers

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, romantic, bitter comedy

Origin country

Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, France

Copyright

2003

Production Year

2001—2002

Production specifications

start of filming 05/2001
end of filming 04/2002

Premiere

gala premiere 19 February 2003 (kino Aero, Praha)
distribution premiere 20 February 2003 /suitable for all ages/

Distribution slogan

Can we stray from the path of our own destiny?

Production

PRODUKCE GAGA – GALINA ŠUSTOVÁ, Česká televize, TS Heleny Slavíkové a Alice Nemanské (Česká televize), Synergia Film s. r. o., AMP, spol. s r. o. STUDIO VIRTUAL, Margo Films Paris, ALEF Film & Media Group, Filmservice Slovakia

Distribution

Spin Film

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

95 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,85

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Spectral Recording

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech