An Original
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1983Production year
1983Premiere
1 June 1984Runtime
93 minDirector
Otakar FukaCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featurelongOriginal title
SamorostCzech title
SamorostEnglish title
An OriginalSummary
In the 1980s, actor Milan Lasica played a number of intriguing film roles. Among them was the part of Pavel Šťastný, a senior lecturer in philosophy who seeks to correlate his field of study – ethics – with his daily life. However, Štastný´s comfortable existence is disrupted by his daughter from a previous marriage – Eva. Despite her lack of ability, the girl wants to study medicine and hopes that her father in Prague will be able to offer both accommodation and an easy way in... Eva soon becomes caught up in the machinery of favours and counter-favours that will eventually ruin her life. The hero of Samorost (An Original, 1983), initially a confident and honourable man, is gradually transformed into an outlaw who betrays the ideals he proclaims and even basic human decency. This comic morality tale was based on a screenplay developed by director Otakar Fuka in cooperation with the story’s author Jiří Blažek. The role of Eva was a great opportunity for emerging actress Veronika Žilková.
Synopsis
Senior Lecturer Pavel astný lectures on ethics at the philosophical faculty. He lives in a satisfying marriage with his second wife Marie. Their peaceful life is disturbed by the arrival of Pavel's daughter Eva from his first marriage. Pavel is keen on his daughter and Marie, too, accepts her kindly. She agrees that the girl can stay with them during her studies. Eva wants to study medicine and unscrupulously expects her father to arrange it although her school results are rather poor. Pavel's friend, Senior Lecturer Oskar who works at the faculty, tells astný about the only chance how to get the girl onto the studies. He must break his principles and pay off the favour by doing one in return. astný does not want to accept this alternative, but the daughter persuades him. The first breaking of ethical principles gets Pavel to the mery-go-round of the next and further smaller or bigger favours. Living together with Eva is not easy, either - the free spirited girl thinks that she is allowed everything and that also her studies will end up well with her father's "help". Marie finally throws Eva out and also Pavel leaves the flat after a quarrel. He gets drunk in a bar and wakes up in the morning next to his tantalizing student. Pavel goes downhill fast and he and his daughter even end up in a detention centre for drunks. When released, he hides at his cottage and guards his solitude with a rifle. Only Eva enters the cottage but, in no time, she has a quarrel with her father and he spanks her for the first time. The offended Eva leaves but begins to study on the train back to Prague. The Senior Lecture lectures in his discipline again. The tantalizing girl with whom he recently ended up drunk winks at him from the auditorium.
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Cast
Veronika Žilková
studentka Eva
Milan Lasica
docent Pavel Šťastný, Evin otec
Jiří Císler
docent patologie Oskar
Jana Kasanová
úřednice Marie, Pavlova druhá žena
Jiřina Jirásková
Vlasta, Pavlova první žena, Evina
Jan Faltýnek
Tonda Škarda, Oskarův bratranec
Jana Smrčková
Škardova žena
Michal Nesvadba
Jarda, syn Škardových
Jitka Asterová
studentka Kateřina Vodičková
Květa Fialová
psycholožka Olga Vanýsková
Jaroslav Drbohlav
asistent Michal
Zdeněk Dítě
Mariin otec
Stella Májová
Mariina matka
Věra Kalendová
vrátná na kolejích
Bedřich Zelenka
děkan Dobeš
Lucie Juřičková
Alena, Evina spolubydlící
Blažena Slavíčková
průvodčí ve vlaku
Pavel Vítek
medik Roman
Jana Matulová
medička Jana
Ivana Chýlková
medička Naďa
Šárka Štembergová
zřízenkyně na záchytce
Oskar Hák
zřízenec na záchytce
Barbora Štěpánová
sekretářka
Ilona Jirotková
sousedka
Jan Kuželka
opilec na záchytce
Gabriela Najmanová
sousedka
Vladimír Navrátil
soused/řidič auta VB
Olga Michálková
barmanka
Milan Charvát
příslušník VB
Jindřich Sejk
svalovec/příslušník VB
Vladimír Pospíšil
ošetřovatel
Zdeněk Srstka
zřízenec na záchytce
J. Blažek
hudebník
Petr Brožek
hudebník
Daniel Fikejz
hudebník
P. Hájek
hudebník
Jiří Kocourek
hudebník
František Kučera
hudebník
R. Máder
hudebník
B. Suchý
hudebník
M. Sládek
hudebník
Roman Škvára
hudebník
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivo Černý, Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík, Ladislav Rada
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Luboš Vála, Milan Futera
Unit Production Manager
Ivana Chobotová
Cooperation
Sidonie Žemberyová, Alena Chvojková, František Vokřál, Miroslav Jirsa
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO, skupina Combo, skupina Kvintet Kaskáda
Music Conducted by
František Belfín (FISYO), Daniel Fikejz (skupina Combo), Petr Brožek (skupina Kvintet Kaskáda)
Songs
Vyznání /Madonno má/, Říkej mi to potichoučku, Tovačov, Tovačov, Začni psát dopis, Setkání, Malovaný džbánku, Do-re-mi-la
Songwriter
Josef Dobeš (Vyznání /Madonno má/), Václav Pokorný (Říkej mi to potichoučku), Petr Brožek (Začni psát dopis), Petr Brožek (Setkání), Jindřich Brabec (Malovaný džbánku), Ladislav Štaidl (Do-re-mi-la)
Writer of Lyrics
František Kudrna (Vyznání /Madonno má/), Jiří Mládek (Říkej mi to potichoučku), Petr Brožek (Začni psát dopis), Petr Brožek (Setkání), Jiří Aplt (Malovaný džbánku)
Singer
Jiří Císler (Vyznání /Madonno má/), Yvetta Simonová (Říkej mi to potichoučku), Jiří Císler (Tovačov, Tovačov), Petr Brožek (Začni psát dopis), Petr Brožek (Setkání), sbor (Malovaný džbánku)
Production info
Original Title
Samorost
English Title
An Original
Category
film
Typology
feature
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1983
Production Year
1983
Premiere
1 June 1984
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
93 min
Versions
Czech