Distribution media
| Medium | Duration | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|
| 35 mm | 94 min | English |
| DCP | 94 min |
About the film distribution
The original comedy was written by Václav Havel on the motifs of a theatre play of the same title written by the English poet and playwright John Gay (1728). The play, which was introduced by Jiří Menzel in the Činoherní Club in 1990, originates from 1972 and it was performed only once by amateurs in 1975 in Horní Počernice.
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Film data
About a film
| Production year | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Categories | film |
| Genres | comedy |
| Form | feature |
| Duration | 94 min |
| Director | Jiří Menzel |
| Cast | Josef Abrhám, Marián Labuda, Nina Divíšková, Libuše Šafránková, Rudolf Hrušínský |
| Director of photography | Jaromír Šofr |
| Screenplay | Jiří Menzel, Václav Havel |
| Editor | Jiří Brožek |
| Production designer | Zbyněk Hloch |
| Music | Jan Klusák |
| Sound designer | Jiří Hora |
