Directed by:
Miloš FormanCinematography:
Miroslav OndříčekComposer:
Jiří ŠlitrCast:
Jiří Suchý, Jiří Šlitr, Věra Křesadlová, Markéta Krotká, Ladislav Jakim, Petr Brožek, Karel Mareš, Bohumil Paleček, Vladimír Hrabánek, Jiří Planner (more)Plots(1)
A double programme of Forman’s documentary beginnings: «Part 1, Why Do We Need All The Brass Bands?, jumps between the rehearsals and performances of two rival brass bands and the competitive attraction of a cross country motorcycle race. In part 2, Audition, a crowd of singers rehearse for a show. Although originally intended as two separate contributions, these two parts form an intelligible whole due to their stylistic and thematic similarities. The approach to both is documentary with carefully interposed fictional elements. With this extremely self-confident early work, we can already see the same equal mixture of cleverness and tenderness that can be found in all of Forman’s early films.» (Bob Baker, Time Out Film Guide) (Zurich Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Majka Gillarová
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Nobody Will Laugh (1965)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Susan Kodicek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Christmas with Elizabeth (1968)
Crime at the Girls School (1965)
Zdenka Lorencová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
A Blonde in Love (1965)
Dana Urbánková
Best movies:
Black Peter (1963)
Yvonne Přenosilová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waldemar a Olga opět v Lucerně (1990) (concert)
Hitparáda 60. let (2008) (music video)
Dita Saxová (1967)
Lilka Ročáková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Jana Malknechtová
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Dagmar Dvořáčková
Best movies:
Strictly Secret Premieres (1967)
Alibi on the Lake (1965)
Naše bláznivá rodina (1968)
Milan Šulc
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Věčný tulák (1990) (TV movie)
Hana Hegerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Hope (1963)
Koncert pre Jara Filipa (2001) (concert)