I Have Met Him at the ZOO

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production year

1994

Premiere

13 October 1994

Runtime

66 min

Category

film

Genre

children

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Potkal jsem ho v zoo

Czech title

Potkal jsem ho v zoo

English title

I Have Met Him at the ZOO

Working title

Slepejš / Slepoň

Summary

In this 1994 holiday picture, director Drahomíra Králová combined two popular elements – child heroes and animals. Thanks to their common interest in animals, two boys of contrasting personalities get together – on the one hand, there is the rascal Ivoš, who disguises his inner insecurity with seeming bravado, and on the other there is the blind introvert whom Ivoš nicknames “Blindie”. Ivoš decides to confront Blindie with reality by introducing him to animals at the zoo where the boys first met... The subject matter of this film was developed by story writer Edgar Dutka, who collaborated with the director in writing the screenplay. It was used both for the movie and for a six-episode TV series, Medvědi nic nevědí (The Bears Know Nothing). Petr Franc (Blindie) and Lukáš Janota (Ivoš), who also starred in the director’s next family movie, Artuš, Merlin a Prchlíci (Arthur, Merlin and the Prchlics, 1995), play the leading roles.

Note

Film was made from two parts The Blind Boy and The Morning's Horror of the television series The Bears Know Nothing (1994).

Cast

Petr Franc

Slepoň

Ondřej Kapusta

Jožínek

Michal Žabka

šéf zlodějů

Milada Kuncová

sousedka

Milan Nytra

učitel hudby

František Kocián

hlídač v zoo

Lubomír Chudíček

hlídač v zoo

Boris Kenderov

hlídač v zoo

pes Red

pes

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Michaela Flenerová

Assistant Director

studenti Filmové školy Zlín

Screenstory

Edgar Dutka

Director of Photography

Jiří Kolín

Second Unit Photography

Emil Bártek

Camera Operator

Lenka Dimitrovová

Production Designer

Petr Smola

Set Designer

Josef Šťovíček, Jiří Balga, František Hladík

Make-Up Artist

Marie Přibylová

Film Editor

Jiří Krška

Production Manager

Eva Valíková

Unit Production Manager

Dalimil Zedníček

Consultant

Ing. Miroslav Frais, Mgr. Karel Manna, Mgr. Miroslava Urbánková

Music

Music Composed by

Jaroslav Uhlíř

Music Performed by

Jaroslav Uhlíř

Production info

Original Title

Potkal jsem ho v zoo

Czech Title

Potkal jsem ho v zoo

English Title

I Have Met Him at the ZOO

Working Title

Slepejš / Slepoň

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

children

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production Year

1994

Premiere

premiere 13 October 1994 /suitable for all ages/

Distribution slogan

About an unparalleled friedship.

Distribution

Gemini Film

Creative Group

Dušan Kukal (skupina Rarášek)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

66 min

Distribution carrier

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

Awards

Vítěz

Exhibition: Dětský filmový a televizní festival Oty Hofmana – 26. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti a 2. přehlídka televizní tvorby pro děti – Ostrov nad Ohří

1994
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czech Republic
Petr Franc

Vítěz

Exhibition: Filmový festival Zlín – 34. mezinárodní soutěžní přehlídka animovaných a hraných filmů pro děti, 1994

1994
Zlín / Czech Republic
Petr Franc

Vítěz

Exhibition: Dětský filmový a televizní festival Oty Hofmana – 26. národní přehlídka filmů pro děti a 2. přehlídka televizní tvorby pro děti – Ostrov nad Ohří

1994
Ostrov nad Ohří / Czech Republic
Drahomíra Králová