The End of August at the Ozone Hotel
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1966Production year
1966Premiere
28 April 1967Runtime
78 minDirector
Jan SchmidtCategory
filmGenre
sci-fi, tragedy, catastrophicTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Konec srpna v hotelu OzonCzech title
Konec srpna v hotelu OzonEnglish title
The End of August at the Ozone HotelSynopsis
The world has been devastated by a nuclear catastrophe. Nine women and three horses move through the shattered landscape. These eight young girls led by an old woman are in quest of men, hoping that they have also survived the catastrophe. The old woman wants the girls to have children who would one day populate the deserted planet. The young women remember nothing from the previous era, since they were only born after the terrifying apocalypse. They are wild and cruel, but they obey their leader, even if they often cannot understand her sadness or grasp her decisions. One day a magical valley appears before them, with the small, run-down Hotel Ozone and a man living in it. The old woman is glad to see him, but she has not reached her desired aim because the man is very old. Saddened, the old woman dies during a small feast. The girls prepare to set off on a journey again, and one of them takes over as the leader. They want to take with them the old man's gramophone with a single record, but the old man refuses to part with his only memory of the old life. The girls kill him for it. Then they continue their journey through a landscape devoid of life and beauty.
Note
The film short story, entitled The End of August at the Ozone Hotel (Konec srpna v hotelu Ozon) by Pavel Juráček was published in 1965 in the magazine Mladý svět, volume VII. The text of the short story itself was written in the spring of 1958.
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Cast
Ondrej Jariabek
Voice by Vladimír Hlavatý
starý muž Otakar Herold
Beta Poničanová
Voice by Olga Scheinpflugová
Dagmar Hubertusová zvaná Stará
Magda Seidlerová
Barbora
Hana Vítková
Tereza
Jana Nováková (3)
Klára
Vanda Kalinová
Judita
Natálie Maslovová
Magdaléna
Irena Lžičařová
Eva
Jitka Hořejší
Marta
Alena Lippertová
Anna
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Based on
Pavel Juráček (Konec srpna v hotelu Ozon – povídka)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Jiří Krob, Jaroslav Kupšík
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
František Fabián, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
mjr. Jaroslav Šebek, mjr. Hynek Býček, doc. dr. F. Kornalík
Cooperation
Rudolf Ungr (fotograf), A. Špelinová, Gino Hašler, M. Suchý, J. Zápotocký
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Songs
Škoda lásky
Song Composer Jaromír Vejvoda
Writer of Lyrics Václav Zeman
Singer Oldřich KovářKarel Vacek
Production info
Original Title
Konec srpna v hotelu Ozon
Czech Title
Konec srpna v hotelu Ozon
English Title
The End of August at the Ozone Hotel
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
sci-fi, tragedy, catastrophic
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1966
Production Year
1966
Production specifications
projection approval 20 September 1966
Premiere
preview 12 April 1967 (kino Praha, Praha /do 13. 4./)
premiere 28 April 1967 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 6 October 1967 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Praha /4½ týdne/, Praha)
renewed premiere 1 April 1990 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Ústřední půjčovna filmů (původní 1967 a obnovená 1990; monopol do 8. 3. 1972)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
78 min
Original length in metres
2 218 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: 5. mezinárodní festival vědecko-fantastických filmů Terst
1967
Terst / Italy
Vítěz
Exhibition: 3. mezinárodní přehlídka nového filmu Pesaro
1967
Pesaro / Italy
Revue
Czechoslovak science-fiction films
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