Man overboard!
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1980Production year
1980Premiere
4 September 1981Runtime
81 minDirector
Jaromír BorekCategory
filmGenre
children, narrativeTypology
featurelongOriginal title
Muž přes palubuCzech title
Muž přes palubuEnglish title
Man overboard!Summary
Ivo Pelant made his breakthrough at the beginning of the 1980s thanks to his cooperation with co-screenwriter Radek John and director Karel Smyczek. Their films Jen si tak trochu písknout (Just to Whistle a Bit, 1980), Jako zajíci (Like Rabbits, 1981), Sněženky a machři (Snowdrops and Daredevils, 1982) offered new, more realistic views of contemporary teenage heroes. But prior to these features, Pelant had participated in making the family film Muž přes palubu (Man overboard!), shot in 1980 by Jaromír Borek. It is a motion picture that does not want for critical tones. The film tells the story of 10-year-old David, whose stay with a children’s yachting group is complicated by the arrogance and bullying of Olda, the son of the group’s leader. Dramatic events at a competition open David’s eyes, but at the same time he can forget his dream of sailing at the regatta in Finland... Pelant and Borek continued their cooperation with Kluk za dvě pětky (Cheap Labour, 1983), in which Viktor Král, the talented actor who played David, featured in a side role.
Synopsis
Ten-year-old David joins a sailing club. He trains hard and helps repair the sailing boats, but people have to take turns actually sailing. The club chairman Vala wants David to sail with his son Olda. Olda's previous team mate Béďa has grown too fast, but with little David Olda could win a place on the regatta to Finland. Olda is arrogant and accustomed to winning with little effort; he bullies David and calls him "Greenhorn". He makes David his servant and blames him when things go wrong. The coach Kocour requests in vain that the sailing club committee buy a bus for the club. He himself is neglecting his own family for the sake of sailing. David's father explains to his son that nothing is worth the humiliation he is being put through. The disappointed Kocour resigns from his function as coach. During a race on the Lipno reservoir, the boys are doing well but then their boat turns over in the strong wind because Olda makes a mistake. Olda promises David he will never call him "Greenhorn" again if they manage to right the boat and finish the race, but as soon as the boat is right side up, Olda forgets his promise. Angry David jumps into the waves of the turbulent lake and swims away. Olda's father Vala is furious with his son and the two set off to look for the missing boy. They find him at the police station. David tells Vala that he is determined never to sail with Olda again. – After his swim in the lake David falls ill. When he finally returns to the marina, he finds neither Olda nor Béďa there. They have gone to sail in a regatta to Finland. But David's gloom does not last long. Kocour arrives at the shipyard with the children who are cheering because they have finally been given their own bus.
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Cast
Viktor Král
jachtař David Kubíček
René Bílek
jachtař Olda Vala
Ivan Vyskočil
trenér Michal Kocourek zvaný Kocour
Alois Švehlík
vedoucí oddílu Václav Vala, Oldův otec
Jiří Havel
Kubíček, Davidův otec
Miroslava Hozová
Kubíčková, Davidova matka
Miroslav Švejda
JUDr. Šícha
Pavel Jiras
Krása
Daniela Šrajerová
Krásová
Renáta Doleželová
Kocourova žena
Stanislav Oubram
Hudec
Milada Bednářová
Alenka
Ladislav Trojan
funkcionář tělovýchovného ústředí
Jiří Kaňák
Béďa Hudec
Daniel Šedivák
Dalík Soukup
Lukáš Hraběta
Dan, Dalíkův bratr
Zora Vesecká
Jana
Andrea Sedláčková
Zuzka
Jan Papež
Jindra
Jan Šedivý
Pavel
Dominika Štípková
Květa
Jaroslav Suchánek
televizní reportér
Renáta Pronová
Marta
Miriam Chytilová
Povídalka
Alan Kubant
Kája Machoň
Leoš Rousek
Míla, Kájův bratr
Mirko Musil
správce Benda
Vlastimila Vlková
správcová
Stanislav Hájek
dědeček Krása
Marie Štrampachová
babička Krásová
Milada Ježková
babička
MUDr. Josef Jonáš
lékař
Dalimil Klapka
hospodář oddílu
Jan Kotva
Machoň
Jaromír Kučera
otec jachtaře s lodí Flying necky
Daniela Vacková
uplakaná maminka
Dalibor Štys
vrchní rozhodčí Brodský
Jindřich Goetz
člen výboru
Vladimír Salač
startér
Radek Štícha
člen oddílu
Věra Juřicová
členka oddílu
členové jachtařských oddílů
Dubbing
Jan Pohan
hlas vrchního rozhodčího Brodského
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Zdeněk Podhola, Kryštof Hanzlík, Jindřiška Novotná
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Pavel Dosoudil
Camera Operator
Lubomír Moravec, David Remunda
Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivo Černý, Jiří Broum, Jiří Rulík
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Hana Jarošová, Viktor Schwarcz
Unit Production Manager
Jana Příkaská, Luděk Blažek
Consultant
Ing. J. Štys, Ivo Pelant
Cooperation
TJ Slavoj Vyšehrad, Zdenka Horáková, TJ Tatran Praha 7, Ivan Minář, TJ Vodní sporty Praha, TJ Černá v Pošumaví, TJ Dopravních podniků města Brna, Hana Vítková (2), Eliška Willigová, Růžena Hejsková, Jaromír Švarc, Bohumil Ženíšek (vrchní osvětlovač)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Music Conducted by
Mario Klemens (FISYO)
Songs
Ve strážním koči, Tuhle rundu platím já
Songwriter
Vladimír Eddy Fořt (Ve strážním koči), lidová anglická píseň (Tuhle rundu platím já)
Writer of Lyrics
Vladimír Eddy Fořt (Ve strážním koči), Ivo Fischer (Tuhle rundu platím já)
Singer
dětský sbor (Ve strážním koči), Daniel Šedivák (Tuhle rundu platím já), Lukáš Hraběta (Tuhle rundu platím já)
Production info
Original Title
Muž přes palubu
English Title
Man overboard!
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
children, narrative
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1980
Production Year
1980
Premiere
4 September 1981
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
81 min
Versions
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 21. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov
1981
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Viktor Král
Vítěz
Festival: 21. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov
1981
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Jaromír Borek
Vítěz
Exhibition: 13. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti Ostrov nad Ohří
1981
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czechoslovakia
Viktor Král