The Ride

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production year

1994

Premiere

13 October 1994

Runtime

90 min

Director

Jan Svěrák

Category

film

Genre

road movie

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Jízda

Czech title

Jízda

English title

The Ride

Summary

The vision of long summer and a cabriolet with its roof sawn off are at the start of the holiday trip of two friends. From the wery beginning Radek and Franta play together an innocent game at freedom and adventure that assumes unexpected proportions after the young men meet a girl who runs away from ther jealows boyfriend...

Cast

Filip Renč

mladík v černém

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Svěrák

Second Unit Director

David Rauch

Director of Photography

František Antonín Brabec

Camera Operator

Miloslav Holman

Costume Designer

Jaroslava Pecharová

Film Editor

Alois Fišárek

Sound Designer

Zbyněk Mikulík

Executive Producer

Přemysl Pražský, Bohdan Kysil

Music

Music Composed by

Radek Pastrňák

Music Performed by

Buty

Writer of Lyrics

Radek Pastrňák

Singer

Buty

Production info

Original Title

Jízda

Czech Title

Jízda

English Title

The Ride

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

road movie

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

1994

Production Year

1994

Premiere

preview 10 October 1994 (kino 64 U Hradeb, Praha)
premiere 13 October 1994 /recommended for 15 and over/
renewed premiere 13 May 2004 /recommended for 15 and over/

Distribution slogan

A free film about two young men, one girl, green cabriolet and the hot summer games. (1994) / The cult Czech road movie by Jan Svěrák. (2004)

Copyright Holders

LUXOR spol. s r. o.

Distribution

ASTRA FILM (původní 1994), CinemArt (obnovená 2004)

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

Festival: 30. mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary

1995
Karlovy Vary / Czech Republic

Vítěz

Event: 2. Český lev za rok 1994

1995
Praha / Czech Republic
F. A. Brabec

Vítěz

Festival: 30. mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary

1995
Karlovy Vary / Czech Republic

Vítěz

Festival: Evropský salon milovníků mladého filmu

1995
Postupim / Federal Republic of Germany

Vítěz

Event: Cena diváků časopisu Cinema

1995
Praha / Czech Republic

Vítěz

Event: 2. Český lev za rok 1994

1995
Praha / Czech Republic
Radek Pastrňák

Vítěz

Event: Ceny Nadace Český literární fond

1994
Praha / Czech Republic
F. A. Brabec