Seven Days in Week

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1965

Production year

1965

Premiere

25 March 1966

Runtime

98 min

Director

Pavel Kohout

Category

film

Genre

comedy, bitter comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

7 zabitých

Czech title

7 zabitých

English title

Seven Days in Week

Working title

Sedm zabitých

Summary

Alongside Svatba s podmínkou (Marriage with Strings Attached), director Pavel Kohout in 1965 created a drama that captures one week in the life of a young nurse. In an episodic narration, heroine Jenka, portrayed by debuting Stanislava Bartošová, lives through seven days during which she re-evaluates her relationships with men and her own, true self. Despite staying true to her boyfriend Filip, who is in military service, she playfully flirts with various men. Among those with whom Jenka “plays” are friend Míla, a pleasant doctor, and an unknown creep. But in the end, she is fated to encounter “suitors” who rely on brute force… Radoslav Brzobohatý and František Němec star in this morality play, which is almost entirely forgotten. The author behind the thematic issues, assistant screenwriter Jelena Mašínová, plays the part of a nameless girl.

Synopsis

Seven days, or rather evenings and nights, in the life of Jenka, a young good-looking nurse. Jenka is attractive to men and enjoys their company, but there is a limit beyond which she won't go, since she is faithful to her Filip, who is doing his military service. On Sunday the girl awaits Filip to arrive on a short period of leave, but instead his friend Míla turns up and apologizes for Filip, who has to stay in the barracks. Jenka spends a friendly and chaste night with Míla. On Monday the girl has a date with an attractive doctor, but she puts a drunken wreck in his car instead of getting in herself. On Tuesday she is coming home by herself at night, and leads an importunate dandy all the way back to her house and up to the bedroom, where she introduces him to her sleepy parents. On Wednesday she visits the chateau of Konopiště with the doctor and on Thursday she escapes from his country cabin, since he has become amorous during the pleasant evening. On Friday Jenka finds the doctor's former lover, who has tried to commit suicide, in the hospital. On Saturday the girl sets off to see Filip, hitchhiking. It seems that Filip is on duty in the town, but after a long search Míla reveals that he has been confined to prison for some minor offence. Filip's friends allow Jenka to have a quick talk with him through the window. Jenka is returning to Prague. On the highway two men in a car stop for her. They are jovial and drunk. When the girl rejects their "amorous" proposals, they take her into a wood, where they beat her and then drive off.

Cast

Stanislava Bartošová

zdravotní sestra Jenka

Radoslav Brzobohatý

MUDr. Petr Bohdan

František Němec

voják Míla

Marie Drahokoupilová

Ivana, Bohdanova bývalá přítelkyně

Marie Marešová

Jenčina matka

Zdeněk Jirotka

Ludvík, Jenčin otec

Jaroslava Pokorná

zdravotní sestra Olina, Jenčina kolegyně

Jaroslava Obermaierová

zdravotní sestra Eva, Jenčina kolegyně

Vladimír Vostřel

Jirka, Mílův kamarád

Vlastimil Hašek

restaurátor Křáp

Vincenc Wingler

akademický malíř Loužecký

Jiří Zahajský

násilník-řidič

Vladimír Bičík

kapitán Sklenička

Václav Mareš

sudí volejbalu

František Marek

vrchní Pleštil

Jan Vala

Ondra, Jenčin bratr

Karel Hábl

strážmistr VB

Zdeněk Dušek

vojín Kalaš, dozorčí ve vězení

Josef Bláha

Otakar Krátký z Brna

E. Mašín

dívčin partner

B. Doudová

Doudová, kastelánka na Konopišti

L. Taubová

dáma v nemocnici

Dubbing

Ivan Vyskočil

hlas vojáka

Jaroslav Štercl

hlas komika

Crew and creators

Director

Pavel Kohout

Second Unit Director

Jiří Mikeťuk

Assistant Director

Marie Kaplanová

Director of Photography

Josef Illík

Second Unit Photography

Emil Sirotek

Camera Operator

František Kučera

Production Designer

Jan Oliva

Assistent Production Designer

Marta Kaplerová

Set Designer

Ivan Ernyei, Jiří Cvrček, Vladimír Ježek

Costume Designer

Marta Bártová

Assistant Film Editor

Diana Heringová

Sound Designer

František Fabián

Production Manager

Věra Kadlecová

Unit Production Manager

Eva Kučerová, Václav Havlík

Unit Production Manager

Miroslav Smrček

Cooperation

Josef Janoušek (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Jan F. Fischer

Music Performed by

Orchestr Karla Vlacha (Music Conducted by Karel Vlach)

Songs

Pane, navštivte můj stánek

Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics Vítězslav Nezval
Singer Marie BurešováHana Hegerová

Po starých zámeckých schodech

Song Composer Karel Hašler
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hašler
Singer Vladimír Vostřel

Production info

Original Title

7 zabitých

Czech Title

7 zabitých

English Title

Seven Days in Week

Working Title

Sedm zabitých

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, bitter comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1965

Production Year

1965

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 8 February 1965
technical Screenplay approved 2 April 1965
start of filming 13 June 1965
end of filming 11 October 1965
projection approval 15 December 1965

Premiere

premiere 25 March 1966 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Sevastopol /3 týdny/, Praha)
premiere 25 March 1966 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)

Studio

Hostivař

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Novotný – Kubala, Bedřich Kubala (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

98 min

Original length in metres

2 789 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: Filmový festival mladých Trutnov

1966
Trutnov / Czechoslovakia