Wrong Side Up
Country
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Federal Republic of GermanyCopyright
2005Production year
2004Premiere
24 February 2005Runtime
108 minDirector
Petr ZelenkaCategory
filmGenre
comedy, bitter comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Příběhy obyčejného šílenstvíCzech title
Příběhy obyčejného šílenstvíEnglish title
Wrong Side UpParallel title
Príbehy obyčajného šialenstvaSummary
The film’s story was first presented as the director’s theatre play by the same name, which, like the film version, deals with the issue of a hardly definable human aberrance, which is often the result of loneliness and is frequently made manifest in love relationships. The film follows the stories of the suspended air navigator Petr, who tries to get his girlfriend Jana back, of Petr’s father, a former weekly newsreel commentator, of neighbours who only enjoy sex when someone is watching them and of Petr’s pushy mother who is always organizing or controlling something until one day she ends up in psychiatric are. Petr’s attempt to win back Jana consists of a number of hairbrained plans. But the last one somehow doesn’t work out...
Note
The film included shots from the Czech Weekly Newsreel no. 4/1973 (1973) and television film Six Days with Fidel Castro (1973; dir. Petr Ulrych).
Photos
Cast
Ivan Trojan
Petr
Zuzana Šulajová
Voice by Zuzana Stivínová
Jana
Miroslav Krobot
otec
Nina Divíšková
matka
Petra Lustigová
Sylvie
Jiří Bartoška
Jiří
Zuzana Bydžovská
Alice
Jana Hubinská
teta
Jiří Bábek
Aleš
Marta Sládečková
šéfova žena
Jan Lepšík
kolega
Matúš Bukovčan
kolega
Petr Lafek
Martin
Peter Dubecký
číšník
Ida Sovová
servírka
Václav Strasser
bublinář
Czech Sansongfah
malý Petr
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Petr Zelenka (Příběhy obyčejného šílenství – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Producer
Co-producer
Petr Chajda (Česká produkční 2000), Tomáš Hoffman (Česká produkční 2000), Karl Baumgartner (Pegasos Film), Ernst Szebedits (Pegasos Film), Silvia Dubecká (Sisaart)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Martin Špelda (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Carlos Mejia Godoy (La Consigna /y los de Palacagüina/), Jiří Šust (hudba z filmu Lidé jako ty)
Music Performed by
Roman Lomtadze, Milan Cimfe, Taras Vološčuk, Martin Ledvina, Jan Kučera, Karel Holas, Radek Pobořil, Pavel Karlík
Music Conducted by
Singer
Music Supervisor
Songs
Your Call's Very Important to Us. Please Hold
Song Composer Ron MaelRussell Mael
Writer of Lyrics Ron MaelRussell Mael
Singer Sparks
Upon This Rock
Song Composer Jocelyn Pook
Martine!
Song Composer Vlastimil Třešňák
Writer of Lyrics Vlastimil Třešňák
Singer Vlastimil Třešňák
Cesta domů
Song Composer skupina Tornádo Lue
Writer of Lyrics Jana Tóthová
Singer skupina Tornádo Lue
La Consigna
Song Composer Carlos Mejia Godoy
Production info
Original Title
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství
Czech Title
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství
English Title
Wrong Side Up
Parallel Title
Príbehy obyčajného šialenstva
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, bitter comedy
Origin country
Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Federal Republic of Germany
Copyright
2005
Production Year
2004
Production specifications
start of filming 06/2004
end of filming 08/2004
Premiere
premiere 24 February 2005 /suitable for all ages/ (multiplex Palace Cinemas Slovanský dům, Praha)
Distribution slogan
"Women are not our enemies. They are our friends, but they play a tough game!" A comedy love story on various forms of love. Three-time Czech Lion winner Ivan Trojan in a new comedy by screenplay writer and director Petr Zelenka (Loners, Buttoners, and Year of the Devil).
Production
NEGATIV s.r.o., ČESKÁ PRODUKČNÍ 2000, a. s., Pegasos Film, SisaArt (spolupráce), Barrandov Studio a.s. (spolupráce)
Copyright Holders
NEGATIV s.r.o., ČESKÁ PRODUKČNÍ 2000, a. s., Pegasos Film, SisaArt
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
108 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
