A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
May 8, 1981
Original Title:
Něco je ve vzduchu
Alternate Titles:
Das Geheimnis der leeren Urne
Das Rätsel der leeren Urne
Valami van a levegöben
Genres:
Comedy | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 78
The urn supposedly containing the remains of Alice's grandfather falls out of the window and breaks. To Alice's great surprise, the urn is empty and the girl learns that the grandfather didn't die but disappeared under mysterious circumstances on the 2nd September 1946 in the town of Telc. Her grandmother claims that a mysterious young man with dark glasses was implicated in her husband disappearance. Alice is determined to solve the mystery. Grandmother's story leads Alice to a shoemaker who hands her Professor Jeník's - her grandfather's - invention, called the Force-fields Accelerator. Alice tells her boyfriend Petr about the device and the young man creates a time machine following the professor's instructions. The young couple then travel back to 1946 and there they indeed meet Alice's grandfather, and his daughter Blanka, who will later be Alice's mother.
Assistant Camera:
Jiří Zavřel
Michal Hvozdák
Assistant Director:
Zdeněk Pazdírek
Assistant Editor:
Štěpánka Stříbrná
Jan Svoboda
Jana Šimonová
Assistant Production Manager:
Dagmar Linhová
Camera Operator:
Zdeněk Prchlík
Clapper Loader:
Hana Hátleová
Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček
Costume Design:
Irena Greifová
Costumer:
Naděžda Hejnová
Jana Křížková
Creative Producer:
Drahoslav Makovička
Director:
Ludvík Ráža
Director of Photography:
Josef Illík
Dramaturgy:
Karel Cop
Editor:
Josef Valušiak
First Assistant Director:
Michal Vostřez
Makeup & Hair:
Jiří Hurych
Tomáš Kuchta
Šárka Šimůnková
Original Music Composer:
Miloš Vacek
Production Design:
Milan Nejedlý
Boris Moravec
Production Manager:
Jiří Krejčí
Screenplay:
Drahoslav Makovička
Script:
Nevjana Raduilská
Set Decoration:
Jiří Forst
Miloslav Dvořák
Lubomír Kafka
Josef Večerek
Sound:
František Fabián
Special Effects:
Jiří Rumler
Still Photographer:
Jitka Bylinská
Story:
Drahoslav Makovička
Stunts:
Jaroslav Tomsa
Unit Production Manager:
Věra Winkelhöferová
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