Skid
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1960Production year
1959—1960Premiere
28 October 1960Runtime
99 minDirector
Zbyněk BrynychCategory
filmGenre
drama, psychological, spyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
SmykCzech title
SmykEnglish title
SkidWorking title
Mrtvý si přišel pro smrtSynopsis
František Král escapes across the border in 1948 in search of adventure. He leaves his native Prague, his parents, brother Václav and his young wife Marie and their little son. The frivolous young man changes into a very hard person in the foreign country, and for money he joins the intelligence service. He burns his face in a serious car accident and plastic surgery entirely changes his appearance. He returns to Prague with a new identity and a cover occupation of a variety clown, so as to acquire microfilms during the tour and revive a spy network. He is hiding his past from his new professional and life partner Luisa, but cannot resist and finally goes looking for the members of his family. Meanwhile, Marie married František's brother Václav and told her son that his father died. The mother cannot forgive František for what he did, and the entire family receives him coldly and with dismissal. František has no luck with his spying task either; he's been discovered and followed. František already knows the game is lost, and ends his life in the wreck of a stolen car.
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Cast
Jiří Vala
Voice by Gerry Wolff
František Král alias Franz König
Jiřina Švorcová
lékařka Marie, Františkova žena
Jiřina Jirásková
artistka Luisa Kopacek
Walter Taub
klaun Rudy Kopacek, Luisin otec
Ivo Palec
dělník Václav, Františkův bratr
Josef Vinklář
Kubeš, Františkův kamarád
Jarmila Kurandová
Králová, Františkova matka
Libuše Matějová
striptýzová tanečnice Maria
Ota Sklenčka
masér Smrček
Karel Pavlík
Král, Františkův otec
Jaroslav Moučka
příslušník VB
Jiří Smutný
pohraničník
Josef Kozák
Karel Kopáček, Kopacekův bratr
Václav Podhorský
Kubeš st.
Milena Zahrynowská
tanečnice v baru
Zdeněk Štábla
muž s aktovkou
Karel Vlach
dirigent varietní orchestru
Orchestr Karla Vlacha
varietní orchestr
Jan Kühnmund
vrátný ve varieté
Jan Pohan
muž ve vlaku
Pavel Juráček
mladík u nehody v tunelu
Olga Kachtíková
dívka na baru
Dubbing
František Miška
hlas konferenciéra ve varieté
Jindřich Narenta
hlas konferenciéra v baru
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Cvrček, Karel Kočí, František Zeman
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Miloslav Hůrka, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Special Effects
Jan Kališ, Vladimír Dvořák, Milan Nejedlý, Trikový ateliér FSB
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
Miroslav Pešan (fotograf), Vladimír Březina
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera, Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)
Choreographer
Songs
Svět je veliká koule
Song Composer Jiří Sternwald
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Kohout
Singer Karel Höger
Internacionála
Song Composer Pierre Degeyter
Writer of Lyrics Antonín MacekJosef Skalák
Singer sbor
Kde domov můj
Song Composer František Škroup
Production info
Original Title
Smyk
Czech Title
Smyk
English Title
Skid
Working Title
Mrtvý si přišel pro smrt
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, psychological, spy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1960
Production Year
1959—1960
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 17 June 1959
technical Screenplay approved 2 September 1959
start of filming 18 September 1959
end of filming 14 March 1960
projection approval 1 July 1960
withdrawal from distribution 6 April 1973
Premiere
premiere 28 October 1960 /inaccessible for youths/ (kina Alfa /8 týdnů/, Květen /1 týden od 18. 11./, Aero /1 týden od 25. 11./, Svornost /1 týden od 2. 12./, Belvedere /1 týden od 9. 12./ a Odboj /1 týden od 9. 12./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šmída – Kunc, František Břetislav Kunc (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Bohumil Šmída (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
99 min
Original length in metres
2 833 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 1:2,35
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
stereo
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, English, German
Subtitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Event: Státní ceny za rok 1963
1964
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Zbyněk Brynych
Vítěz
Event: Státní ceny za rok 1960
1961
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Československý film
Vítěz
Festival: 3. festival českých a slovenských filmů Ostrava
1961
Ostrava / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Festival: 12. mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary
1960
Karlovy Vary / Czechoslovakia
Jan Kališ
Vítěz
Exhibition: 3. světová přehlídka filmových festivalů Mexico City
1960
Mexiko City / Mexico
Vítěz
Event: Umělecká soutěž k 15. výročí osvobození Československé republiky a zrodu lidově-demokratické ČSR
1960
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Pavel Kohout
Vítěz
Festival: 12. mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary
1960
Karlovy Vary / Czechoslovakia
Zbyněk Brynych
