Piano Player’s Night

Jindřich Polák, 1976

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Summary

When intensively working on the famous TV series Pan Tau (Tau, 1969–1978), director Jindřich Polák had little time for feature films, the notable exceptions being the sci-fi comedy Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem (I’ll Get Up and Scald Myself with Tea Tomorrow, 1977), and the crime drama Noc klavíristy (Piano Player’s Night, 1976). Written by Polák and Vojtěch Měšťan, it stars Václav Voska in one of his many great dramatic roles. The seasoned actor plays a bar pianist and amateur sleuth, who tries to find the murderer of a young man. His quiet, dogged determination helps him to find the perpetrator – a wealthy architect who has landed himself in trouble for accepting bribes and illegally trading in flats... Otakar Brousek plays the confident, immoral adversary who does not stop at murder to cover his tracks.
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About a film

Production year 1976
Countries Czechoslovakia
Categories film
Genres drama, crime
Form feature
Duration 83 min
Director Jindřich Polák
Cast Václav Voska, Otakar Brousek, Jan Kanyza, Dana Medřická, Stanislava Bartošová, Jana Švandová
Director of photography Josef Vaniš
Screenplay Vojtěch Měšťan, Jindřich Polák
Editor Zdeněk Stehlík
Production designer Milan Nejedlý
Music Karel Svoboda
Sound designer František Strangmüller