People from the Subway
Typology
featureCzech title
Lidé z metraCountry
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1974Production year
1974Premiere
17.05.1974Director
Jaromil JirešScreenstory
Vladimír KalinaSummary
Many artists of the Czechoslovak New Wave had to publicly atone for their works of the 1960s by making films that were openly subservient to the “normalisation” ideology. Among them was Jaromil Jireš, the director of a forbidden drama based on a Milan Kundera novel, Žert (The Joke, 1968). Following his poetic tale of a young communist girl waiting for execution in a Nazi prison, …a pozdravuji vlaštovky (Greetings to the Swallows, 1972), Jireš realised the narrative film Lidé z metra (People from the Subway, 1974). Incorporating the construction of the C line of the Prague metro, he takes us into the personal stories of the three protagonists: an estranged couple is reunited through the demolition of an old house, an old labourer aids the completion of the project with an idea, and an emotionally alienated Polish worker is able to change his life when he finds an old coin. The characters are brought together during a trial run of the new metro line… The interesting casting enhances the quality of the film.
Synopsis
Three short stories. Prague finally sees the approval of the subway construction. Thousands of individuals took part in preparing, course and finalizing construction of subway and their lives crossed at certain points of this construction.
Photos
Cast
Václav Neužil
inženýr Brousek, hlavní projektant
Hana Sekyrová
Brouskova žena
Bohdan Pavlík
syn Brouskových
Ivan Vyskočil
svářeč Cyril Svojtka
Jitka Molavcová
Ivana
Ferdinand Krůta
Brunclík, Cyrilův kolega
Petr Kopřiva
číšník v baru
Josef Nechutný
Cyrilův přítel
Bohuš Záhorský
baraba Bohuslav Fiala zvaný Bulfas
Ladislav Pešek
projektant inženýr Jan Roháček
Zdeněk Řehoř
inženýr Röckl
Bohumil Šmída
Čihák, Bulfasův kamarád
Vladimír Hlavatý
Junk, Bulfasův kamarád
L. H. Struna
Kačer, Bulfasův kamarád
Vladislav Beneš
Kamil Mašek
Libuše Geprtová
Andulka
Jiří Ptáčník
inženýr Havránek
Bohuslav Čáp
Brázda
Vojtěch Ron
hostinský U zeleného stromu
Jaromír Hanzlík
Bogan, řidič pásového nakladače
Július Vašek
Babiak, mistr na stavbě
Jiří Hálek
překupník Motejlek
Kateřina Macháčková
studentka archeologie Jana Říhová
Jiřina Krejčíková
úřednice Jitka
Eva Trejtnarová
Dagmara
František Husák
asistent fakulty archeologie
Stella Májová
prodavačka ve starožitnostech
Josef Koza
vrátný Franta
Rudolf Růžička (2)
vrchní číšník
Olga Seidlová
účetní
Emil Kavan
vrátný
Rudolf Kalina
kamelot
Karel Hovorka
číšník
Bohumil Koška
tajný
Jiří Flíček
tajný
Josef Střecha
kameraman
Jaroslava Schallerová
dívka v baru
Petr Baran
výrostek
Karel Urban
výrostek
Rudolf Tesáček
baraba
Jan Krafka
baraba
Karel Hovorka ml.
baraba
Jiří Čutka
baraba
Lubomír Kostelka [dab]
hlas číšníka
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Bohumil Koška, Anna Lackovičová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Bohumír Schwarzer, Jiří Knotek
Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Cvrček, Bohumil Kadlec
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Zdeňka Černá, Blažej Vráb
Unit Production Manager
Eva Charvátová
Consultant
Ing. Karel Matzner
Cooperation
Danuše Kubátová, Zdeněk Dukát, Růžena Hejsková, Jana Šimonová, Jan Sedláček (2)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Antonín Dvořák (Rusalka /árie Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém/)
Music Performed by
Music Conducted by
Štěpán Koníček (FISYO)
Songs
Na Šumavě je dolina
Singer
Vladimír Hlavatý (Na Šumavě je dolina), L. H. Struna (Na Šumavě je dolina), Bohumil Šmída (Na Šumavě je dolina)
Production info
Original Title
Lidé z metra
English Title
People from the Subway
Copyright
1974
Production Year
1974
Premiere
17.05.1974
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Technical info
Format
35mm