Men About Town

Men About Town (1969)

Světáci

Three blue collar workers have a night out in big city Prague.

Date of release
1969-10-10
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Zdeněk Podskalský

Casting

Interesting facts

Světáci is a 1969 Czechoslovak situation comedy directed by Zdeněk Podskalský. The plot of the film is based on ordinary people pretending to be gentlemen and ladies of high society. It ranks among the most successful Czechoslovak comedies.

Background

The script was written in the politically relaxed year of 1968, and therefore may have included lines that were considered politically incorrect at the time. The screenwriter Vratislav Blažek came from the countryside and incorporated some of his own experiences into the film. The film was completed in 1969, before the start of strict censorship, but Blažek had to flee abroad before filming began. The film premiered on 10 October 1969.

The film was directed by Zdeněk Podskalský. It is a film that made him famous and often is considered his best film. Podskalský was aware that, due to the impending normalization in Czechoslovakia, this was the last film he could make freely without censorship interference, and he left the actors free to improvise.

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