The New Breed!

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2005

Production year

2003—2004

Premiere

27 January 2005

Runtime

130 min

Category

film

Genre

crime, thriller

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Sametoví vrazi

Czech title

Sametoví vrazi

English title

The New Breed!

Summary

The film presents the case of the so-called Orlická Dam murders in the early 1990s considered the biggest criminal case of the post-communist era in the Czech Republic. The group of perpetrators murdered five individuals between the years of 1991–1993. The Police retrieved three bodies from Orlická Dam, two were sealed in barrels containing lye. The main protagonist of the film is the former member of an elite police unit who works as a bodyguard for the gangster Chvalkovský and has a hand in arms dealing. This crude man, acknowledging only the power and pleasures of life, proceeds with his pals – a brutal murdered and simple-minded friend – to do away with inconvenient people. The murderers were sentenced in 1997 after an investigation of crimininologists shed light on the case. – A two part television version was also made.

Cast

Michal Dlouhý

Karel Hrubeš

Jan Dolanský

Ludvík Křížek

Dušan Urban

Láďa Rejsek

Pavel Řezníček

Nazim Al Fargali

Richard Krajčo

Igor Chvalkovský

Radek Bruna

Aleš Bebjak

Dušan Škubal

major Smola

Stanislav Hybler

major Smola

Jiří Kodeš

major Pouzar

Petr Motloch

Charvát

Tomáš Racek

Lumír Ketner

Petr Borovský

Vlastík Lorka

Gabriela Wilčková

Božena Rejsková

Věra Víchová

Otylka Fialová

Hartmut Krug

Gräbner

Petr Hanus

ministr

Daniel Margolius

Leoreto Ameti

Svatopluk Schuller

nadporučík Pavlovič

Libor Hanus

prodejce aut

Ivo Novák

muž z herny

Jana Marková

Vlasta Vychodilová

Michal Brož

policista

Miroslav Berka

policista

Radek Kříž

policista

Roman Hybeš

redaktor

Josef Vrána

detektiv

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Michael Johanides

Screenstory

Jiří Svoboda

Screenplay

Jiří Svoboda

Dramaturg

Aleš Jurda

Director of Photography

Martin Šácha

Production Designer

Karel Vacek

Costume Designer

Alena Schäferová

Film Editor

Adam Dvořák

Sound Designer

Marcel Weis

Special Effects

Martin Oberländer

Producer

Hana Bílá

Production Manager

Hana Bílá

Cooperation

Lenka Kordulová (fotografka)

Production info

Original Title

Sametoví vrazi

Czech Title

Sametoví vrazi

English Title

The New Breed!

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

crime, thriller

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2005

Production Year

2003—2004

Production specifications

start of filming 18 August 2003
end of filming 3 October 2003

Premiere

premiere 27 January 2005 /recommended for 15 and over/ (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)

Distribution slogan

...they'll drag you with them...

Production

ČESKÁ TELEVIZE, Televizní studio Ostrava (ČESKÁ TELEVIZE), Centrum dramatické tvorby (Televizní studio Ostrava)

Copyright Holders

ČESKÁ TELEVIZE

Distribution

Bontonfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

130 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,85

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech