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Juhlavieraat

Original title: O slavnosti a hostech
  • 19661966
  • 1h 11m
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Juhlavieraat (1966)
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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 gr... Read allA 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... Read allA 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 wha... Read all
IMDb RATING
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1.7K
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POPULARITY
83,249
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  • Director
    • Jan Nemec
  • Writers
    • Ester Krumbachová(screenplay)
    • Jan Nemec
  • Stars
    • Ivan Vyskocil
    • Jan Klusák
    • Jiri Nemec
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  • Director
    • Jan Nemec
  • Writers
    • Ester Krumbachová(screenplay)
    • Jan Nemec
  • Stars
    • Ivan Vyskocil
    • Jan Klusák
    • Jiri Nemec
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    • 12User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    Ivan Vyskocil
    Ivan Vyskocil
    • Hostitel
    Jan Klusák
    Jan Klusák
    • Rudolf
    Jiri Nemec
    • Josef
    Pavel Bosek
    • Frantisek
    Karel Mares
    • Karel
    Evald Schorm
    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
    Josef Skvorecký
    • Guest #1
    Adolf Siroký
    • Host
    Václav Vodák
    • Host
    • (as Dr. V. Vodák)
    Jitka Bodláková
    • Host
    • (as J. Bodláková)
    Otakar Bohata
    • Knecht
    • (as O. Bohata)
    Michal Bosek
    • Host
    • (as M. Bosek)
    • Director
      • Jan Nemec
    • Writers
      • Ester Krumbachová(screenplay) (story)
      • Jan Nemec
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    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Wife: I quite enjoy being alone. I always wash my underwear. I like things to be nice and cared for.

    • Connections
      Edited into CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel (2018)

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    7/10
    The aura of threat over a façade of peace
    It's a political allegory set in 1966 Czechoslovakia that was banned for many years except for a short time during Prague Spring in 1968.

    The story follows a group of seven middle-class men and women having a picnic near a lake. There is a discussion about an obscure future event. At one point, they see what appears to be a wedding party dance by at a distance. They finally decide to proceed to get to the "celebration" in time.

    Suddenly, the group is accosted by a significant number of men. The men are led by Rudolf (Jan Klusak). It's not clear if they are threatening or joking. Karel (Karel Mares) defies Rudolf at one point and is roughed up. Josef (Jirí Nemec) from the picnic group helps to bring peace. Then an older man in white appears. Known as The Host (Ivan Vyskocil), he welcomes everyone to his joint birthday party and wedding celebration. He reprimands Rudolph and seems to smooth everything over.

    During the meal, the Host learns his guests occupy the wrong seats and that one of the men from the picnic has left. This causes great consternation, and the Host and Rudolf decide to go and find the missing man and return him to the party. They use a large dog with massive teeth to aid in the search.

    The aura of threat over a façade of peace apparently offended the Czech government of the time. This is not usually my type of film, but I thought it effectively communicated its point. It was banned in 1967 because it had "nothing in common with our republic, socialism, and the ideals of Communism."
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    • Release date
      • December 30, 1966 (Czechoslovakia)
    • Country of origin
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Language
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • A Report on the Party and Guests
    • Production company
      • Filmové studio Barrandov
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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