The Five
Typology
featureCzech title
Pětka s hvězdičkouRuntime
74Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1985Production year
1985Premiere
01.01.1987Language version
CzechDirector
Miroslav BalajkaScreenstory
Jiří JilíkSummary
Miroslav Balajka’s directing debut came in 1985 with this film produced at Film Studios Gottwaldov. It came along as the next film in an extensive 1980s list of Czechoslovak films made for children and young people. In Pětka s hvězdičkou (The Five), Jan Hartl plays young teacher Petr Mikeš, who is starting his job at an elementary school in Čejkovice, south Moravia. There is a quintet of close friends among Mikeš’s seventh-graders, rascals who never cease to amaze the good-natured teachers with their antics. But the mischievous boys also succeed in clearing the teacher of an unjust accusation… The film amounts to a light entertainment that fulfils the era’s idealised image of the sunny south Moravian countryside where the locals have nothing more serious to deal with than the efforts of a bachelor teacher in search of a suitable bride. Other points of interest are the “politically correct” inclusion of Štefan, the Roma member of the fivesome, and the fact that the only real threat in the vicinity is the village drunkard.
Synopsis
The young teacher Petr Mike starts work at the elementary school in the South-Moravian village of Čejkovice. He becomes responsible for the seventh grade. Its most distinct pupils are five inseparable friends whose imagination in inventing all kinds of pranks is boundless. But they are good-hearted and their hijinks are far from evil. They are nevertheless able to make even Mike dizzy. Right from the start, he gets into trouble because of a palm tree which the boys give him for his unfurnished flat. The plant has come from the hall of a community centre where it had chastely shaded the naked sculpture of Thalia. Mike's colleagues urge him to be more strict with the pupils, but he has understanding for the children - because their peculiar behaviour can sometimes even be useful. For example, when they take a shortcut during paramilitary training, they spot a fire in the cooperative haystack and extinguish it. They also reveal to Mike that his fellow-citizens want to marry him off to make him stay in the village. Mike can thus prepare some defence - he does, after all, have his girlfriend Petra. She soon visits him. While walking in the vineyards, the old teacher Vrbecký invites them for some new wine, and also the boys to a campfire by the lake. It was a beautiful evening. On their way home, the boys hear the holler of some drunks and imitate them. A neighbour called Hlaváčková then spreads a rumour in the village that the teacher got drunk with the boys, that they caused a disturbance and broke the roof of Vrbecký's wine cellar. The boys certainly cannot leave things like this. They bring the unfinished bottle found by the wine cellar to the old vintner Zemek and the connoisseur determines that its contents is the vintage Valtellina wine of the old Pavelčík. The real culprit - Pavelčík junior - is thus exposed. Petra moves in to the teacher's place. The boys want to surprise the couple and construct a coloured music machine for them. When they play it to the flabbergasted lovers, the machine causes a short circuit and sets the flat on fire. The louty Matička uses the fire extinguisher and covers the entire newly equipped living room with foam. Mike stays stoically calm; he knows that he will go through many more escapades with the boys.
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Cast
Jan Bílek (2)
žák Staňo Matička
Miroslav Kučera (2)
žák zvaný Edison
Ladislav Vávra
žák Štefan Daniel zvaný Daňo
Matouš Rajmont
žák Fero Ondráček
Richard Krpal
žák Rosťa
Kateřina Filípková
žákyně Broňa
Marie Komňacká
žákyně Monika Hanáčková
Jan Hartl
učitel Petr Mikeš
Dušan Blaškovič
ředitel školy Švanda
Iva Hüttnerová
učitelka Mlýnková zvaná Boba
Marián Zednikovič
tělocvikář Žížalka
Jozef Pražmári
učitel Lakmus
Václav Babka
učitel Polda Vrbecký
Václav Sloup
školník Říha
Eva Řepíková
Maruna, Říhova žena
Zdeněk Dvořák
Matičkův otec
Miroslava Kolářová
Matičkova matka
Simona Stašová
zubní instrumentářka Andula Hanáčková, Moničina matka
Milena Steinmasslová
učitelka Anna Horáková
Barbora Štěpánová
učitelka mateřs.školy Milada Urban
Jaroslav Kuneš
předseda JZD
Irena Visnarová
Petra, Mikešova dívka
Stanislav Tříska
řezník Josefík
Břetislav Rychlík
listonoš Vrána
Mojmír Maděrič
Jožka Fornúsek
Miroslav Uhlíř
Ferův otec
Alois Liškutín
strýc Pavelčík
Richard Šabata
kulturista Jura, Pavelčíkův syn
Petr Havránek
Toníček
Eva Matalová
sousedka
Marta Kratochvílová
Miluška
Milena Marcilisová
úřednice MNV
Dubbing
Oldřich Vlach
hlas Ferova otce
Lubomír Kostelka
hlas vinaře Zemka
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Zdeňka Tkadlečková, Zdeňka Stiborová
Screenstory
Screenplay
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Miloš Mališka, Miroslav Makarov
Production Designer
Set Designer
Josef Vojtášek
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Věra Kopecká, Jiří Zemanec
Cooperation
Josef Havlíček, Jiří Krška, Zdeněk Skaunic, Hana Daňková
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Václav Dobiáš (Polka míru)
Songs
Točilo se švarné dívča, Šohajíčku, čí jsi, pěkný jsi, My jsme kluci z Moravy, U muziky su já chlap, Cikán, černý cikán, A já mám koníčka vraného, V pohodě, Holky z naší školky, Hej, koně moje, Chajda malá
Songwriter
lidová píseň (Točilo se švarné dívča), lidová píseň (Šohajíčku, čí jsi, pěkný jsi), lidová píseň (U muziky su já chlap), Jiří Červený (Cikán, černý cikán), Adolf Školka (Cikán, černý cikán) (úprava), Karel Vágner (V pohodě), Karel Vágner (Holky z naší školky), lidová píseň (Hej, koně moje)
Singer
dětský sbor (Točilo se švarné dívča), dětský sbor (Šohajíčku, čí jsi, pěkný jsi), dětský sbor (My jsme kluci z Moravy), Břetislav Rychlík (U muziky su já chlap), Ladislav Vávra (A já mám koníčka vraného), Petr Kotvald (V pohodě), Stanislav Hložek (V pohodě), Břetislav Rychlík (Hej, koně moje), sbor (Chajda malá)
Production info
Original Title
Pětka s hvězdičkou
English Title
The Five
Working Title
To jsme, prosím, nebrali /filmová povídka/
Copyright
1985
Production Year
1985
Premiere
01.01.1987
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Format
DVD
Versions
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 26. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov
1986
Zlín / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Festival: 8. festival české a slovenské filmové veselohry Nové Město nad Metují
1986
Nové Město nad Metují / Czechoslovakia
Miroslav Balajka
Vítěz
Exhibition: 18. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti Ostrov nad Ohří
1986
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czechoslovakia
Jan Hartl
Vítěz
Festival: 20. filmový festival mladých Trutnov
1986
Trutnov / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Exhibition: 18. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti Ostrov nad Ohří
1986
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Festival: 26. festival filmů pro děti Gottwaldov
1986
Zlín / Czechoslovakia