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The Halftime of Happiness (1985) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 1, 1985

Original Title:
Poločas štěstí

Alternate Titles:
Halbzeit des Glücks
Čas letí a netiká
Žižkovský akordeon

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 89

Overview from TheMovieDB

Fifty-year-old Ondřej Bozděch delivers coal around Prague's Žižkov district and he loves it more than anything. He has spent his whole life here and knows all the cellars. He lives his ordinary life among the Žižkov tenement houses, enjoying the joys and sorrows of his teenage daughter Markéta and his restless son Ondra. His best friend is his driver Karel, a former mathematician who once had to leave his job at a research institute for political reasons. Although Karel is an engineer and a completely different person than the straightforward Ondrej, he has become almost a member of the Bozděch family over time. But times are changing. The old houses of Žižkov disappear one by one, Markéta has to get married and Karel is offered to return to his original profession. Ondřej has to stop and think about what kind of life he is living...

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Production

Assistant Camera:
Jiří Krejčík
Milan Kopecký

Assistant Director:
Martin Faltýn

Assistant Editor:
Alena Chvojková
Magda Hájková

Assistant Production Design:
Štěpán Exner

Assistant Production Manager:
František Hruška

Clapper Loader:
Zuzana Čvančarová

Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček

Costume Design:
Svatava Sophová

Costumer:
Iva Bártová
Ludmila Ondráčková
Kateřina Štěpánová

Creative Producer:
Miloslav Vydra

Director:
Zbyněk Brynych

Director of Photography:
Emil Sirotek

Dramaturgy:
Drahoslav Makovička

Editor:
Miroslav Hájek

First Assistant Director:
Radovan Urban

Lyricist:
Jaroslav Machek

Makeup & Hair:
Libuše Barlová
Jaroslav Čermák
Marie Soudná

Original Music Composer:
Jiří F. Svoboda

Production Design:
Jiří Matolín

Production Manager:
Eliška Nejedlá

Screenplay:
Vojtěch Měšťan

Script:
Jarmila Kovtanová

Set Decoration:
Miloslav Dvořák
Jiří Forst

Sound:
Ladislav Hausdorf

Still Photographer:
Jan Kuděla

Story:
Vojtěch Měšťan

Unit Production Manager:
Jana Koubová
Jarmila Tomišková

Vocals:
Rudolf Cortés

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