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A Report on the Party and Guests

Original title: O slavnosti a hostech
  • 1966
  • 1h 11m
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A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
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A small group of bourgeois guests head for a birthday party of a prominent figure. As they go through the woods and have a picnic, they are suddenly surrounded by a bunch of suspicious stran... Read allA small group of bourgeois guests head for a birthday party of a prominent figure. As they go through the woods and have a picnic, they are suddenly surrounded by a bunch of suspicious strangers.A small group of bourgeois guests head for a birthday party of a prominent figure. As they go through the woods and have a picnic, they are suddenly surrounded by a bunch of suspicious strangers.

  • Director
    • Jan Nemec
  • Writers
    • Ester Krumbachová
    • Jan Nemec
  • Stars
    • Helena Pejsková
    • Jana Pracharová
    • Zdena Skvorecka
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    7.1/10
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    • Director
      • Jan Nemec
    • Writers
      • Ester Krumbachová
      • Jan Nemec
    • Stars
      • Helena Pejsková
      • Jana Pracharová
      • Zdena Skvorecka
    • 12User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    Helena Pejsková
    • Marta
    Jana Pracharová
    • Paní
    Zdena Skvorecka
    • Eva
    • (as Zdena Skvorecká)
    Pavel Bosek
    • Frantisek
    Karel Mares
    • Karel
    Evald Schorm
    Evald Schorm
    • Manzel
    • (as Ewald Schorm)
    Jan Klusák
    Jan Klusák
    • Rudolf
    Jiri Nemec
    • Josef
    • (as Jirí Nemec)
    Ivan Vyskocil
    Ivan Vyskocil
    • Hostitel
    Dana Nemcova
    • nevesta Olinka
    • (as Dana Nemcová)
    Milon Novotny
    • Zenich
    • (as Milon Novotný)
    Josef Podaný
    Antonin Prazak
    • Antonín
    • (as Antonín Prazák)
    Josef Elis
    • Knecht
    • (as J. Elis)
    Josef Hrbek
    • Knecht
    • (as J. Hrbek)
    Oldrich Lepsík
    • Knecht
    • (as O. Lepsík)
    Jirí Macháne
      Zdenek Mosnicka
      • Knecht
      • (as Z. Mosnicka)
      • Director
        • Jan Nemec
      • Writers
        • Ester Krumbachová
        • Jan Nemec
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      • Trivia
        In this film there are no professional actors, but different personalities from the artistic circle of Prague. Ivan Vyskocil is a real-life 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. Their friends play the other roles.
      • Quotes

        Hostitel: Boys, Boys! Now, Now, Now. We know Rudolf's a naughty boy, but Karel?

        Eva: You should have seen him sulking, being naughty!

        Frantisek: Because he's an old rebel.

        Karel: No, I'm a Democrat.

        Hostitel: So am I.

        Wife: So am I.

        Eva: So am I.

        Marta: So am I.

        Frantisek: So am I.

        Josef: With your permission, so am I.

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

      User reviews12

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      8/10
      Czech New Wave = Amazing
      A group of happy picnickers are accosted by a group of strangers led by a bullying sadist who has an unbreakable hold over his followers. After he interrogates one of them, a stranger then invites everyone to a nonsensical, but elegant and formal banquet outdoors.

      How can you beat being distinguished by being "banned forever" in the Czech Republic? That is just about the greatest selling point. As another person said, "Jan Nemec's 'A Report on the Party' is a great film from the flowering of the Czech cinema in the 1960s. It is a political thriller that satirizes unquestionable conformity."

      Indeed, Czech cinema of the 1950s and 1960s is incredible, and this film (along with "Daisies") really needs to be seen by more people, particularly Americans. When we think "foreign film", we might think Italian or French, possibly Russian. With the "new wave", it is France that seems to hold that title tightly. But no one ever says they love Czech cinema. And the only reason for that can be that nobody watches it -- but they should.
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      • gavin6942
      • Jul 22, 2013

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      • Release date
        • December 30, 1966 (Czechoslovakia)
      • Country of origin
        • Czechoslovakia
      • Language
        • Czech
      • Also known as
        • The Party and the Guests
      • Production company
        • Filmové studio Barrandov
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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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