XC / Oct 01, 1987
1h 26min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the fans of football club Sparta from Prague, whose supporters were the pioneers of the football fan riots in Czechoslovakia, starting with hooligan actions already in the 1960s, like breaking the trains in which they travelled when they went on Sparta's away games. The film deals with one of such episodes
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Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Proč? |
| Original language | Český (CS) |
| Spoken languages | Český |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Release date | 1 ottobre 1987 |
| Writer | Radek John, Karel Smyczek, Miloslav Vydra |
| Editing | Jan Svoboda, Anna Mejtská |
| Cinematography | Jaroslav Brabec, Ladislav Chroust, Milan Kopecký, Dana Sahánková, Josef Řezáč |
| Assistant directors | Miloš Kohout, Alice Kulhánková Ronovská, Zbyněk Honzík, Karel Smyczek, Marie Beránková |
| Camera operators | Ladislav Chroust, Jaroslav Brabec, Milan Kopecký, Dana Sahánková, Josef Řezáč |
| Additional photography | Jaroslav Brabec, Ladislav Chroust, Milan Kopecký, Dana Sahánková, Josef Řezáč |
| Production design | Boris Halmi, Milan Pecák, Jaroslav Česal, Petr Průša, Marek Šíma |
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| Art direction | Boris Halmi, Milan Pecák, Jaroslav Česal, Petr Průša, Marek Šíma |
| Set decoration | Jaroslav Česal, Petr Průša, Marek Šíma, Boris Halmi, Milan Pecák |
| Stunts | Arnošt Böhm, Pavel Cajzl, Jan Dufek, Petr Floss, David Hroník, Jiří Kraus, Jiří Kalenský, Jiří Káňa, Petr Komínek, Dimo Lipitkovský, Ladislav Lahoda, Ivan Mareš, P. Suchý, T. Souler, Jaroslav Tomsa |
| Music | Michal Pavlíček, Vojtěch Voráček, Štěpán Koníček |
| Sound | Michal Pavlíček, Vojtěch Voráček, Štěpán Koníček |
| Costume design | Petr Kolínský, Věra Mírová, Josef Lojík, Růžena Dusíková, Milan Vlček, Jaroslav Hruška |
| Makeup | Petr Kolínský, Věra Mírová, Josef Lojík, Růžena Dusíková, Milan Vlček, Jaroslav Hruška |
| Hairstyling | Petr Kolínský, Věra Mírová, Josef Lojík, Růžena Dusíková, Milan Vlček, Jaroslav Hruška |
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