The Cow
Country
Czech RepublicCopyright
1993Production year
1993Premiere
11 January 1996Runtime
86 minDirector
Karel KachyňaCategory
filmGenre
balladTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
KrávaCzech title
KrávaEnglish title
The CowSummary
The story about simple people who live, at the beginning of this century, in the rough circumstances of the uplands.
Photos
Cast
Radek Holub
Adam
Alena Mihulová
Róza
Valérie Zawadská
matka Adámka
Antonín Molčík
řezník
Alice Dvořáková
Anežka
Viktorie Knotková
sousedka
Zdeněk Kozák
soused
Zdeněk Dušek
dr. Vejsada
Václav Helšus
hajný
Roman Slovák
topič
František Peterka
četník
Vlastimil Zavřel
majitel býka
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Renata Kindlová, Kateřina Kohut /ž/
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Stunts
Producer
Production
Cooperation
Jaromír Komárek (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Kráva
Czech Title
Kráva
English Title
The Cow
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
ballad
Origin country
Czech Republic
Copyright
1993
Production Year
1993
Premiere
premiere 11 January 1996 /recommended for 15 and over/ (kino Kotva, Praha)
renewed premiere 28 September 2006 /recommended for 12 and over/ (kino Sokol, Kladno)
Distribution slogan
A poetic ballad by Karel Kachyňa about life's eternal cycle. (1996) / The story of eccentric Adam from highland solitude in the early 1900s. (2006)
Production
Mirage, Česká televize Praha (zadavatel), TS Helena Sýkorová – Karel Škorpík (Česká televize Praha)
Export
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 565 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm, DVD
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
Festival: 7. festival českých filmů Finále ’94 Plzeň
1994
Plzeň / Czech Republic
Karel Kachyňa
Vítěz
Festival: Mezinárodní filmový festival Štrasburk
1994
Štrasburk / France
Vítěz
Event: Odměny Českého literárního fondu v oblasti televize za rok 1993
1993
Praha / Czech Republic
Petr Hojda
Vítěz
Event: Odměny Českého literárního fondu v oblasti televize za rok 1993
1993
Praha / Czech Republic
Radek Holub
Vítěz
Event: Ceny Trilobit 1993
1993
Praha / Czech Republic
Karel Kachyňa
