Audition / Talent Competition ( Konkurs ) ( Audition/Talent Competition )

Audition / Talent Competition (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Konkurs
Alternate Title: Audition/Talent Competition
Language Selections:
Czech ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Milos Forman

Written By:
Milos Forman
Ivan Passer

Actors:
Jirí Suchý ..... Himself
Jirí Slitr ..... Himself
Marketa Krotka ..... Chiropodist
Ladislav Jakim ..... Friend of chiropodist
Karel Mares ..... Himself
Vladimír Hrabánek ..... Himself
Jaroslava Razova ..... Herself
Sylva Danícková ..... Herself
Dagmar Dvorácková ..... Herself
Pavlína Filipovská ..... Herself
Majka Gillarova ..... Herself
Hana Hegerová ..... Herself
Vera Kresadlová ..... Herself
Zdena Lorencová ..... Herself
Jana Malknechtová ..... Herself
Zuzana Oprsalova ..... Herself
Yvonne Prenosilova ..... Herself
Pavel Sedlacek ..... Himself
Milan Sulc ..... Himself
Nada Urbánková ..... Herself

Synopsis:

Part one cuts between rehearsals/performance by rival brass bands and the competing attraction of a cross-country motorbike race. Part Two anticipates the audition scenes in Taking Off, as a throng of female singers try out for a part in a show. Though originally made as separate featurettes, the two episodes form a plausible entity, being so similar stylistically and thematically. The approach is documentary with some fictional elements gently interpolated - in the first the defection of two youthful trombonists, in the second the lightly sketched backgrounds of two of the singers. Extremely assured for an apprentice work, this displays the same mix of shrewdness and tenderness that marked all Forman's early films. But as with many East European movies of this era, one suspects that a political allegory is concealed at the heart of it all.

Documentary originally made in two parts, but later combined. Behind the scenes of a singing competition in Prague. 1. 'Why Do We Need All Those Brass Bands?' 2. 'The Audition'

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 12 February, 2010.

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