Yes, My Dear Friends!
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1989Production year
1989Premiere
1 October 1989Runtime
109 minDirector
Dušan KleinCategory
filmGenre
comedy, satireTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Vážení přátelé, anoCzech title
Vážení přátelé, anoEnglish title
Yes, My Dear Friends!Summary
Director Dušan Klein and author and screenwriter Ladislav Pecháček created films together outside the popular “Poets” series. They also cooperated in their respective roles in the making of Vážení přátelé, ano (Yes, My Dear Friends!, 1989), a well conceived satire that premiered in cinemas only one month ahead of the Velvet Revolution. The narrative successfully juxtaposes the pitiful condition of the main protagonist, beset by an incapacitating mid-life crisis, with that of the socialist regime of the late 1980s, teetering on the brink of collapse. The clerk Bohouš Fischer, superbly portrayed by Milan Lasica, is promoted to deputy director of a company manufacturing sanitary wares. Rather than devote himself to office work, where his indifference and systematic indolence have so far been well rewarded, he is instead drawn to “creative” work, building a tile stove. Bohouš’s personal life, which includes two rebellious daughters and a few vain attempts at adultery, is full of resolutions to implement change which are as half-hearted as the daily operations of Fortuna, the toilet-making company.
Synopsis
Bohouš Fischer, an official of the state enterprise Fortuna, which produces ceramic sanitary products, and father of two teenage twins Hanka and Kamila, is promoted to the position of deputy director. He is still in love with his wife Anděla, a bioscientist and amateur theatre actress. His parents are in a retirement home. The mother drinks because the father "sides" with the old fat Bečicová. Bohouš has objections both to his daughters' clothes and behaviour, but the girls do not take his remarks seriously. Visiting the family of his friend Berka, Bohouš and Pepík Berka get drunk in a cellar and Bohouš discovers a stove fitter's tile which Berka's father produced. He also finds moulds and tools. He is tired of his white-collar career and decides to build a tiled stove. The enterprise has a conference with deputy minister Římský at a château. Here, Římský gets to like the only surviving tiled stove. He wants it at home. The tantalizing assistant slides into Bohouš's room at night but no love making comes out of it. Římský, on the contrary, is having a good time with a cultural officer. Bohouš must solve his daughters' problems with Russian lessons at school and the teacher of Russian unscrupulously invites him to her flat. But she suffers from a bilious attack even before it comes to making love. Bohouš does not enjoy his work and the conditions in the enterprise, and thus starts realizing his dream: he builds a tiled stove in the château. Římský again likes it and wants it again, this time in his cottage. Bohouš promises to build him another one. But he will have no time for it because he is to be appointed the company's director. One of the benefits of his position is a director's Tatra 613 car and Bohouš gets in. The stove which he had built falls apart during a storm.
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Cast
Milan Lasica
Ing. Bohumil Fischer
Jana Hlaváčová
bioložka Anděla, Bohoušova žena
Marcela Ovčáčková
dvojče Hanka, dcera Fischerových
Michaela Ovčáčková
dvojče Kamila, dcera Fischerových
František Řehák
ekonomický náměstek a ředitel Evžen Dlask
Valerie Zawadská
sekretářka Monika
Jiří Kodet
náměstek ministra Římský
Jan Hrušínský
samostatný referent Václav Wohanka
Rudolf Hrušínský
Bohoušův otec
Alena Kreuzmannová
Bohoušova matka
Pavel Zedníček
Jíra, Bohoušův bratr
Zita Furková
Jírova žena
Július Satinský
MUDr. Pepík Berka, Bohoušův kamarád
Věra Vlčková
režisérka Ivana, Berkova žena
Gabriela Wilhelmová
učitelka ruského jazyka Jelizaveta zvaná Líza
Jaroslava Obermaierová
kulturní referentka Jarmila Spišáková
Ota Sklenčka
Jan Brunclík, ředitel Fortuny
Jiří Hálek
JUDr. Klouda, podnikový právník
Marián Labuda
Ládíček, člen úrazové komise
Miloslav Štibich
Mirek Kudrnáč, předseda ZV ROH
Stanislav Zindulka
dělník, člen úrazové komise
Jan Hraběta
Stach, člen úrazové komise
Zdeněk Řehoř
Jankůj
Sabina Hánová
Blanka
Václav Mareš
Andělin šéf a ochotnický herec
Robert Vrchota
strážný
Jan Okrouhlík
náměstek
Michaela Jílková
zdravotní sestra Janička
Lena Birková
trafikantka
Vladimír Huber
správce Paleček
Hana Brejchová
referentka
Helena Gabrielová
referentka
Rudolf Fleischer
host
J. Černochová
host
Bohumil Koška
host
D. Spěváková
host
Jiří Pičman
host/dílovedoucí
L. Bošinová
hosteska
Andrea Sousedíková
hosteska
Josef Vaidiš
tajemník
Mojmír Václavek
tajemník
Gaston Šubert
tajemník MNV
P. Čech
moderátor
Petra Koželuhová
prodavačka
Monika Kvasničková
prodavačka
Václav Luks
řečník
Jan Toušek
náměstek
V. Vlach
zpěvák
I. Kobr
hudebník
Josef Kotěšovský
hudebník
J. Kvapil
hudebník
T. Kurfürst
hudebník
Vladimír Merta
hudebník
Z. Němec
hudebník
R. Petr
hudebník
J. Šrogl
hudebník
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Continuity
Based on
Ladislav Pecháček (Vážení přátelé, ano – román)
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Irena Ladýřová, Ivo Pitrák, Olga Zelenská
Unit Production Manager
Vlastimil Pokorný
Cooperation
Lenka Hlavičková (klapka), Vladislav Knapp (fotograf), Václav Knapp
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Studiový orchestr (Music Conducted by Petr Hapka)
Songs
Nechte si to projít hlavou
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Writer of Lyrics Michal Horáček
Singer Petr Hapka
S cizí ženou v cizím pokoji
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Writer of Lyrics Michal Horáček
Singer Michael Kocáb
Kaťuša
Song Composer Matvej Isaakovič Blantěr
Benefice černých koní
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Vlasto, pojď se mnou za sto
Song Composer František PoupěJosef Svárovský
Writer of Lyrics František PoupěJosef Svárovský
Singer Milan LasicaJúlius Satinský
Akáty bílé, žaluji vám
Song Composer František Blahník
Writer of Lyrics František Blahník
Singer Milan LasicaJúlius Satinský
Černý muž /John Brown/
Song Composer lidová americká píseň
Writer of Lyrics Ivo Fischer
Singer sbor
Ach, synku, synku
Song Composer lidová píseň
Vůně
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Writer of Lyrics Michal Horáček
Singer Hana Hegerová
Levandulová
Song Composer Petr Hapka
Na dobrú noc bozk ti dám
Song Composer Andrej Lieskovský
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Pospíšil (2)
Singer V. Vlach
Ako mám žiť bez teba
Song Composer Ján Siváček
Writer of Lyrics Katarína Hudecová
Singer V. Vlach
Budujeme /Teď když máme co jsme chtěli/
Song Composer Václav Dobiáš
Když jsem kytici vázala
Song Composer Jaroslav Ježek
Writer of Lyrics Jiří VoskovecJan Werich
Singer Milan Lasica
Já ti ho tam našroubuju
Singer sbor
Holčičko má, než půjdeš spát
Singer Milan Lasica
Production info
Original Title
Vážení přátelé, ano
Czech Title
Vážení přátelé, ano
English Title
Yes, My Dear Friends!
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, satire
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1989
Production Year
1989
Production specifications
start of filming 2 January 1989
end of filming 7 March 1989
the first film copy approved 11 May 1989
projection approval 9 June 1989
withdrawal from distribution 1 August 1993
Premiere
premiere 1 October 1989 /inaccessible for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
5. tvůrčí skupina, Miloslav Vydra (vedoucí 5. tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
109 min
Original length in metres
3 121 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
