A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)

A small group of adult bourgeois friends are on a day outing in the country, that outing which includes having a picnic. While they are going for a walk after the picnic, they encounter a ... See full summary »

Director:

Jan Nemec

Writers:

Ester Krumbachová (screenplay), Ester Krumbachová (story)

Stars:

Ivan Vyskocil, Jan Klusák, Jiri Nemec

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ivan Vyskocil	...	Hostitel
Jan Klusák	...	Rudolf
Jiri Nemec	...	Josef
Pavel Bosek	...	Frantisek
Karel Mares	...	Karel
Evald Schorm	...	Manzel
Jana Pracharová	...	Paní
Zdena Skvorecka	...	Eva
Milon Novotny	...	Zenich (as Milon Novotný)
Helena Pejsková	...	Marta (as H. Pejsková)
Dana Nemcova	...	nevesta Olinka
Antonin Prazak	...	Antonín (as Antonín Prazák)
Josef Skvorecký	...	Guest #1
Adolf Siroký	...	Host
Václav Vodák	...	Host (as Dr. V. Vodák)

Storyline

A small group of adult bourgeois friends are on a day outing in the country, that outing which includes having a picnic. While they are going for a walk after the picnic, they encounter a group of officious looking men who commandeer them to a small clearing. Although there is no direct threat and the picnickers are not scared, they nonetheless feel the need to do what the men say. The men, led by one called Rudolph, set the rules of "the game". Ultimately, the picnickers learn that Rudolph was supposed to invite them to a party nearby. Much like the game, the party's host sets the rules for the party to which the picnickers and all the other guests must abide. Order in the eyes of the host seems to be paramount. Although the picnickers and the other guests enjoy many aspects of the party, some just do not want to be there, such thinking which cannot be tolerated.

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Plot Keywords:

immaturity | czech new wave | party | guest | host | 

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Taglines:

Maybe One Day the Czechs Will See This Picture Again

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In this film not play professional actors, but different personalities from the artistic environment. Ivan Vyskocil is a theater director, Zdena Skvorecka and Josef Skvorecký are writers, Jan Klusák and Karel Mares are composers, Jiri Nemec was a philosopher and translator, his wife Dana Nemcova is a psychologist, Pavel Bosek is a theater author, Evald Schorm is a film director, Milon Novotny is a photographer, etc. In other roles also play their friends.

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Quotes

Hostitel: So will someone tell me what happened or not? A brother shouldn't turn against his brother. And a guest shouldn't turn against a guest.

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Connections

Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A cseh új hullám (1990)

User Reviews

Not very interesting.

Bland and pointless. At just over 1 hour in length, it drags on for what feels like a much longer time. At best, this movie might be useful for its soporific effect; it could very easily lull a tired person to sleep with its slow pace and meaninglessness. Beyond that, it's just another pretentious "art" project by someone who wanted to make a movie but had nothing to provide the viewers other than a small bit of surrealism.

Details

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Release Date:

30 December 1966 (Czechoslovakia)

Also Known As:

A Report on the Party and Guests

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmové studio Barrandov

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1