Edgemen

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production year

2011

Premiere

1 December 2011

Runtime

96 min

Category

film

Genre

gangster, crime, thriller

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Hranaři

Czech title

Hranaři

English title

Edgemen

Working title

Czech made psycho / Czech made game / Česká ruleta / Hrana

Summary

A dark thriller takes place in present-day Czech society that is covered by a perfect web of mutually linked swindles and swindlers. – Two married couples, the Hlož family and Sláma family, live peaceful business and family lives. Mrs. Hlož and Mrs. Sláma have an agency with VIP escorts. Mr. Hlož heads a prospering security agency and Mr. Sláma owns a successful building company. Sláma, a former graduate of a Soviet KGB school decides to play a big game – in the tender for a huge building contract he disrupts the up-and-running system because he no longer wants to "feed" someone else from the cash flow. He involves his unsuspecting friend Hlož, a war veteran from Afghanistan, in the preparation for this insurrection. However, the resolute Sláma doesn’t realise the dangers he is entering. For the building contract is of the utmost importance for the "Club of Five" that an advisor nicknamed Lulu “serves”. Lulu has to find some way of getting Sláma out of the game at all costs. The protagonists find themselves in a world of wiretapping, monitoring, compromising materials, liquidation preparations and even murky murders. Hlož fights to protect his friend Sláma and then takes justice into his own hands. Everything is watched from afar by the strange Mr. Bishop. (Edgemen = people on the edge of the law.)

Cast

Saša Rašilov

Petr Hlož

Kateřina Brožová

Kateřina Hložová

Miroslav Etzler

Ing. Milan Sláma

Vilma Cibulková

Vilma Slámová

Jan Tříska

Richard Bishop

Jiří Langmajer

Mgr. Luboš Lukavský zvaný Lulu

Michal Dlouhý

JUDr. Malý

Václav Postránecký

PhDr. Petr Takáč

Michael Kňažko

pobočník Bishopa

Sabina Drljevičová

Monika, asistentka Hlože

Zuzana Vejvodová

recepční agentury

Jana Bernášková

recepční VIP AG HS

Eva Zubíčková

asistentka v agentuře

Andrey Anpilogov

ruský voják

Evženie Nízká

servírka Janička

Michaela Flenerová

zaměstnankyně letiště

Jan Jurkovič

člen komise

Zdeněk Kubík

člen komise

Kateřina Průšová

Bishopova dívka, letiště

Zdena Kane Lochmanová

Bishopova dívka, radnice

Veronika Jůnová

Bishopova dívka, Soho

Veronika Baštová

Bishopova dívka, golf

Jaroslav Urban

fotograf v roli

Miroslav Špulák

kurýr z Moskvy

David Matoušek

dubl za Sašu Rašilova

Tomáš Rydval

dubl za Radka Fialu

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Richard Homola, Martin Cígler

Assistant Director

Jan Antonín Duchoslav

Director of Photography

Karel Fairaisl

Camera Operator

Lukáš Pospíšil

Production Designer

Martin Martinec

Set Designer

František Měsíček (zbrojíř)

Costume Designer

Zuzana Straková

Make-Up Artist

Sasha Isar

Film Editor

Pavel Hrdlička

Titles Designed by

Jan Krejčíř (animace úvodních titulků)

Executive Producer

Michaela Flenerová

Consultant

Zdeněk Pilát (zbraně a odposlechy), Wendy (zbraně a odposlechy)

Cooperation

Jana Rabenhauptová (fotografka), Jiří Eybergera (fotograf), Šárka Janečková (fotografka), Katarína Pleskot Kollárová (ISIFA IMAGE SERVICE s. r. o.)

Music

Music Composed by

Zdenek Merta

Music Conducted by

Oskar Rózsa

Production info

Original Title

Hranaři

Czech Title

Hranaři

English Title

Edgemen

Working Title

Czech made psycho / Czech made game / Česká ruleta / Hrana

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

gangster, crime, thriller

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2011

Production Year

2011

Production specifications

start of filming 06/2011
end of filming 27 July 2011

Premiere

gala premiere 30 November 2011 (multiplex CineStar Anděl, Praha)
distribution premiere 1 December 2011 /recommended for 15 and over/

Distribution slogan

Until death does us part... A thriller about corruption and politics.

Production

Nogup agency, Ticket-art Praha (koprodukce)

Copyright Holders

Nogup agency

Distribution

Falcon (monopol do 30. 11. 2013)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

96 min

Distribution carrier

35mm, DCP 2-D

Aspect ratio

1:1,85, 1:1,78

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, English, German, French, Russian

Subtitles languages

Czech