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Bringing Up Girls in Bohemica
CZ, 1997, 115min.?
The adaptation of Michal Viewegh´s best selling novel concerns an episode in the life of Oskar Wégh, and elementary school teacher and budding writer who accepts a difficult assignement tutoring a rich businessman´s daughter.… More
Synopsis
The adaptation of Michal Viewegh´s best selling novel concerns an episode in the life of Oskar Wégh, and elementary school teacher and budding writer who accepts a difficult assignement tutoring a rich businessman´s daughter. He soon enters into a troubled love relationship with the girl. In addition to topnotch performances by Ondrej Pavelka, Anna Geislerova and Milan Lasica, the film excels for its visual conception and atypical use of literary citation.
| Director | Petr Koliha |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Václav Šašek |
| Story | Michal Wievegh |
| Director of photography | Vladimír Smutný |
| Editor | Jiří Brožek |
| Sound | Karel Jaroš |
| Featuring | Ondřej Pavelka, Anna Geislerová, Vilma Cibulková, Milan Lasica, Kristýna Nováková, Klára Šenkýřová |
| Producer | Ilona Jirásková |
| Genre | Feature |
| Production Companies | Česká televize |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | Bontonfilm |
| Sales | ČT – Telexport |
| Premiere | 15.05.1997 |
| Award: | Prize of the Foundation of the Czech Literary Fund 1997 |
