America

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production year

1994

Premiere

16 June 1994

Runtime

90 min

Category

film

Genre

psychological

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Amerika

Czech title

Amerika

English title

America

Summary

The story of the film is loosely inspired by the unfinished Franz Kafka’s novel of the same name.

Cast

Martin Dejdar

Karel Rossman

Jiří Lábus

strýc Jakob/otec Rossman

Jarka Rytychová

Klára

Kateřina Kozáková

Tereza

Oldřich Kaiser

Delamarche

Milan Riehs

Pollunder

Petr Vacek

úředník imigračního úřadu

Ladislav Škrabánek

řidič

Olga Charvátová

matka Rossmanová

Libuše Tomanová

Brunelda

Jan Unger

student

skupina Dama Dama

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Kryštof Hanzlík

Based on

Franz Kafka (Nezvěstný /Amerika/ – román)

Director of Photography

Martin Duba

Camera Operator

Pavel Brynych

Production Designer

Jindřich Goetz

Art Director

Jaroslav Róna

Set Designer

Josef Calta, Ladislav Jásam Kumšta, Milan Šveňha, Bedřich Čermák

Costume Designer

Monika Drápalová, Petra Jáchimová, Věra Linhartová

Make-Up Artist

Jiří Budín

Film Editor

Jiří Brožek

Special Effects

Jiří Rumler

Special Effects

Jaromír Franta

Executive Producer

Jaroslav Bouček

Production Manager

Jaroslav Bouček, Jana Novosadová, Jana Novosadová

Unit Production Manager

Martin Mikuláš, Eva Javorská

Cooperation

Tomáš Čoudil Kroutílek (fotograf), Olga Svobodová (fotografka)

Music

Music Composed by

Michal Dvořák, David Koller

Selected Music

Ludwig van Beethoven (úryvek ze 7. symfonie)

Music Performed by

Filharmonici města Prahy

Songs

Amerika

Song Composer skupina Lucie
Writer of Lyrics skupina Lucie

Brána Slunce

Song Composer Vít Zouharskupina Dama Dama

Production info

Original Title

Amerika

Czech Title

Amerika

English Title

America

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

psychological

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production Year

1994

Premiere

premiere 16 June 1994 /suitable for all ages/ (letní kino Julda a kina Pasáž a Eden, Praha)

Distribution slogan

New Czech film cast with stars.

Production

SIMPLY CINEMA spol. s r. o., Česká televize, TS Petra Kolihy (Česká televize), AB BARRANDOV, a. s.

Studio

Hostivař

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

90 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Stereo

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Event: 2. Český lev za rok 1994

1995
Praha / Czech Republic
Jiří Lábus