UŽ (1996)
A naive village girl, Valentýna, arrives in Prague and, under dramatic circumstances, becomes reluctantly entangled in the Karlín underworld as a novice prostitute controlled by the slimy gangster Pavouk and his bumbling henchman Milan. She repeatedly refuses the genuine support offered by the incorruptible mounted policeman Viktor Sokol, even as two eccentric observers serve as a choric commentary on the absurdities around them. Through parodic and poetic scenes, ranging from western-inspired mounted police sequences to a surreal “war” over exporting plastic gnomes, the film satirizes contemporary Czech society.
Director:
Zdeněk Tyc
Writer:
Zdeněk Tyc
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Barbora Hrzánová as |
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Bohumil Klepl as |
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Radek Holub as |
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Leoš Suchařípa as |
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Jiří Ornest as |
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Vladimír Marek as |
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Karel Dobrý as |
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Jorga Kotrbová as |
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Eva Holubová as |
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Oto Ševčík as |
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Petr Čtvrtníček as |
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Milan Šteindler as |
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David Vávra as |
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Jiří Strach as |
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Zdeněk Vencl as |
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Bořivoj Navrátil as |
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Petr Lébl as |
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Doubravka Svobodová as |
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Václav Chalupa as |
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Věra Bílá as |
| Directing | Zdeněk Tyc | Director |
| Writing | Zdeněk Tyc | Story |
| Writing | Zdeněk Tyc | Screenplay |
| Camera | Vladimír Holomek | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Milena Kropáčková | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | František Novák | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Zdeněk Flemming | Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Zavadil | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simona Rybáková | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helena Petřinová | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Boris Machytka | Editor |
| Sound | Karel Jaroš | Sound |
| Sound | Pavel Špatný | Sound |
| Production | Rudolf Biermann | Producer |
| Production | Martin Kopřiva | Production Manager |
| Production | Jaroslav Vaculík | Production Manager |
| Camera | Vladimír Holomek | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Dagmar Cepková | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Jan Rumler | Visual Effects |