Summary
Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he's been, "successfully" avoiding all relationships. He is an ingenuous and a pure person and thus, is regarded as an idiot.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 82GoodWatch 78
Audience score91%
IMDb7.2
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for romances, −7 min on the typical 107
typical 107100Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1999
February 25, 1999
27 years ago
Genres
RomanceComedyDramaLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
- Czechia
16 of 16
Pavel LiškaFrantišek
Tatiana DykováOlga
Anna GeislerováAnna
Jiří LangmajerEmil
Jiří MacháčekRobert
Zdena HadrbolcováMother of Emil and Robert
Jitka SmutnáMother of Anna and Olga- PMPavel MarekMole
- YJYvetta JanouškováGirl #1
Anna PolívkováGirl #2- PKPetra KolářováGirl #3
- JOJosef OpltDance master
Petr VydraDance courses assistant- MRMichal RaušarSchoolboy
- AOAlena OlahováWaitress
Zuzana StivínováMarta (voice)
Directing · 5
- Saša Gedeon Director, Screenplay
- Benjamin Tuček Second Assistant Director, Casting
- Titti Fügediová Script Supervisor
- Michaela Strnadová First Assistant Director
- Ondřej Dubský Second Unit First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Fyodor Dostoevsky Novel
Production · 11
- Petr Oukropec Producer
- Čestmír Kopecký Producer
- Daniel Tuček Production Assistant
- Vít Rozehnal Production Assistant
- Yvetta Janoušková Production Assistant
- Hana Marcoňová Accountant
Camera · 8
- Štěpán Kučera Director of Photography
- Karel Kaliban Grip
- Jiří Veselý Grip
- Martin Spelda Still Photographer
- Petr Koutný Grip
- Andrea Fotrová Clapper Loader
Editing · 3
- Petr Turyna Editor
- Matouš Outrata Assistant Editor
- Václav Rejholec Assistant Editor
Sound · 7
- Vladimír Godár Original Music Composer
- Jan Čeněk Sound, Sound Mixer
- Pavel Rejholec Sound Editor, Sound Mixer
- Anton Popovič Conductor
- Radim Hladík Jr. Foley Editor
- Otto Nopp Sound Director
Art · 9
- Petr Fořt Production Design
- Aleš Najbrt Title Designer
- Petr Zůza Props
- Marie Rašková Assistant Production Design
- Zuzana Lednická Title Designer
- Lukáš Máslo Props
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Milica Gedeonová Costume Design
- Kateřina Coufalíková Costumer
- Natálie Steklová Costumer
- Irena Knejpová Costumer
- Michaela Bělíková Makeup & Hair
- Jana Radilová Makeup & Hair
Lighting · 3
- Vladimír Cholasta Electrician
- Jiří Navrátil Gaffer
- Petr Dvořák Electrician
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