Cosy Dens
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| Directed by | Jan Hřebejk |
| Produced by | Pavel Borovan Ondřej Trojan |
| Written by | Petr Jarchovský Petr Šabach |
| Starring | Miroslav Donutil Jiří Kodet Simona Stašová Emília Vášáryová Bolek Polívka |
| Music by | Ivan Hlas Ivan Kral |
| Cinematography | Jan Malíř |
| Editing by | Vladimír Barák |
| Distributed by | Česká televize |
| Release date(s) | April 8, 1999 |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Language | Czech |
Cosy Dens (Czech: Pelíšky) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Jan Hřebejk. It is loosely based on the novel Hovno Hoří (Czech: "Flaming Feces") by Petr Šabach.
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[edit] Plot summary
Pelíšky is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in the months from Christmas 1967 leading up to the ill-fated 1968 Prague Spring. Teenager Michal Šebek (Michael Beran) has a crush on his upstairs neighbor, Jindřiška Krausová (Kristýna Nováková). Michal's family is headed by a stubborn army officer who is a firm supporter of the communist system and who believes that communist technology will eventually triumph over western imperialist capitalism, while Jindřiška's father is an ardent foe of the Communists and a war hero, who has been imprisoned several times because of his outspoken opposition to the regime; he believes that the Bolsheviks have a year at most, maybe two. In contrast, the younger generation couldn't care less for politics. Instead, Michal sports a Beatles mop-top while Elien (Ondřej Brousek), the local hipster whose parents live in the USA, runs a local film group specialising in Hollywood and pre-war French films, while Jindřiška becomes Elien's girlfriend. After a wedding that unites the families, the film ends with the news breaking of the invasion of the Warsaw Pact.
[edit] Trivia
Pelíšky was screened at the 1999 Vancouver Film Festival.
The Czech title is a plural and diminutive of the word "pelech", literally meaning animal den or burrow. It is used figuratively for a cosy hideout.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Miroslav Donutil | Mr. Šebek
- Jiří Kodet | Mr. Kraus
- Simona Stašová | Mrs. Šebková
- Emília Vášáryová | Mrs. Krausová
- Bolek Polívka | Strýc
- Eva Holubová | Učitelka
- Marek Morvai | Petr
- Stella Zázvorková | Babička
- Jaroslav Dušek | Saša Mašláň
- Michael Beran | Michal Šebek
- Kristýna Nováková | Jindřiška Krausová
- Jiří Krejčík | Doctor Stárek
- Sylvie Koblížková | Uzlinka Šebková
- Ondřej Brousek | Elien
- Boris Hybner | Kouzelník
[edit] Soundtrack
The Pelíšky soundtrack was released in April, 1999, and contains clips of some of the actors memorable lines in addition to the musical numbers.
- Blue Effect - "Slunečný hrob"
- Miroslav Kaman, Jaroslav Dušek - "Dvě dávky"
- Václav Neckář - "Tu kytaru jsem koupil kvůli tobě"
- Boleslav Polívka - "Nebe na zemi"
- Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran, Ondřej Brousek - "Kozačky..."
- Petr Novák & Flamengo - "Povídej"
- Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran - "Něco jako příbuzný"
- Waldemar Matuška - "Pojď se mnou, lásko má"
- Emília Vášáryová, Jiří Kodet - "Dávám bolševikovi rok"
- Hana Hegerová - "Čerešně"
- Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka, Silvie Koblížková - "Nerozbitná sklenička"
- Kučerovci - "Ajo mama"
- Miroslav Donutil, Michael Beran - "Gagarinův bratr"
- Kučerovci - "La mulher rendeira"
- Stella Zázvorková, Simona Stašová, Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka - "Maršál Malinovskij"
- Judita Čeřovská - "Je po dešti"
- Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský - "Vyděržaj, pijaněr"
- Václav Neckář - "Lékořice"
- Emília Vášáryová, Kristýna Nováková, Jiří Kodet - "Noky"
- Karel Gott - "Santa lucia"
- Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka, Jiří Kodet - "Kde udělali soudruzi z NDR chybu?"
- Waldemar Matuška - "Mrholí"
- Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský - "Hoří hovno? ..."
- Karel Gott & Olympic - "Trezor"
- Jiří Kodet - "Proletáři všech zemí ..."
- Matadors - "Get Down From The Tree"
- Soulmen - "Baby Do Not Cry"
- Soulmen - "I Wish I Were"
- Blue Effect - "Snakes"
- Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka - "Průměrná ženská"
- Blue Effect - "Sluneční hrob"
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