Summary
A comedy about exchange of 12 apartments , which, its organizer, lawyer Radosta, rightly called Action Ball Lightning. To prepare, organize and execute the exchange of twelve apartments is a work worthy champions.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 76GoodWatch 75
IMDb7.7
Letterboxd · 786 ratings3.7/5
Running time
1 h 22 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −18 min on the typical 100
typical 10082Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1979
August 10, 1979
47 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
22 of 22
Rudolf HrušínskýDr. Radosta- KKKarel KalašBílek
Josef AbrhámKnotek
Daniela KolářováKnotková
Bedřich ProkošBohumil Flígr
Zita KabátováJarmila Opatrná
Milada JežkováAnežka Jechová
Ladislav SmoljakIng. Severín
Zdeněk SvěrákDr. Ječný
Marie MálkováJečná- RVRudolf VodrážkaKadlec
Karolina SlunéčkováKadlecová
Petr BruknerPivoňka- VKVěra KalendováMáňa
Jaroslav Vozábinspektor Drahota
Zora BožinováDrahotová- TKTibor KissFazekaš
Pavel Vondruškaoddávající- PBPavel BurianVedral
- JKJosef KoudelkaPhotographer
Mirko MusilFazekaš (voice)- ZBZdeněk BlažekVedral (voice)
Directing · 5
- Zdeněk Podskalský Director
- Ladislav Smoljak Director, Screenplay, Story
- Zdena Lukášová First Assistant Director
- Pavla Marková Script Supervisor
- Eliška Moulisová Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Zdeněk Svěrák Screenplay, Story
- Drahoslav Makovička Creative Producer
Production · 4
- Karel Kochman Production Manager
- Petr Prejda Unit Manager
- Věra Lukášová Unit Manager
- Eliška Sekavová Assistant Production Manager
Camera · 5
- Ivan Šlapeta Director of Photography
- Richard Valenta Camera Operator
- Jiří Maxa Assistant Camera
- Jan Kuděla Still Photographer
- Zora Winkelhöferová Clapper Loader
Editing · 3
- Jiří Brožek Editor
- Eva Horázná Assistant Editor
- Rimma Stejskalová Assistant Editor
Sound · 3
- Zdeněk Lukáš Original Music Composer
- František Belfín Conductor
- Jiří Lenoch Sound
Art · 6
- Boris Moravec Production Design
- Boris Halmi Assistant Production Design
- Richard Staněk Set Decoration
- Miroslav Matuška Set Decoration
- Oldřich Halaza Set Decoration
- Josef Dvořák Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Jitka Polednová Costume Design
- Lubomír Votoček Costumer
- Rudolf Buneš Makeup & Hair
- Helena Vondrušková Lead Costumer
- Ivana Frýdová Bissingerová Makeup & Hair
- Jana Radilová Makeup & Hair
Lighting · 1
- Jindřich Aleš Gaffer
Other crew · 1
- Václav Šašek Dramaturgy
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