Cosy Dens

Cosy Dens
Directed by	Jan Hřebejk
Produced by	Pavel Borovan Ondřej Trojan
Written by	Petr Jarchovský Petr Šabach
Starring	Miroslav Donutil Jiří Kodet Simona Stašová Emília Vášáryová Bolek Polívka
Music by	Ivan Hlas Ivan Kral
Cinematography	Jan Malíř
Editing by	Vladimír Barák
Distributed by	Česká televize
Release date(s)	April 8, 1999 (1999-04-08)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Language	Czech

Cosy Dens (Czech: Pelíšky) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Jan Hřebejk. It is loosely based on the novel Hovno Hoří (Czech: "Flaming Feces") by Petr Šabach.

Plot summary

Pelíšky is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in the months leading up to the ill-fated 1968 Prague Spring. Teenager Michal Šebek (Michael Beran) develops a crush on his neighbor, Jindřiška Krausová (Kristýna Nováková). Michal's family is headed by a stubborn army officer who believes that the latest East German Tupperware will sufficiently shame those American imperialists, while Jindřiška's father is an ardent foe of the Communists saved from prison only because he is a war hero. Much to the parents' dismay, the younger generation couldn't care less for politics. Instead, Michal sports a Beatles mop-top and runs a local film group specialising in Hollywood and pre-war French films, while Jindřiška starts hanging out with a mysterious hipster.

Trivia

Pelíšky was screened at the 1999 Vancouver Film Festival.

The Czech title is a plural and diminutive of the word "pelech", literally meaning animal den or burrow. It is used figuratively for a cosy hideout.^[1]

Cast

• Miroslav Donutil | Mr. Šebek
• Jiří Kodet | Mr. Kraus
• Simona Stašová | Mrs. Šebková
• Emília Vášáryová | Mrs. Krausová
• Bolek Polívka | Strýc
• Eva Holubová | Učitelka
• Marek Morvai | Petr
• Stella Zázvorková | Babička
• Jaroslav Dušek | Saša Mašláň
• Michael Beran | Michal Šebek
• Kristýna Nováková | Jindřiška Krausová
• Jiří Krejčík | Doctor Stárek
• Sylvie Koblížková | Uzlinka Šebková
• Ondřej Brousek | Elien
• Boris Hybner | Kouzelník

Soundtrack

The Pelíšky soundtrack was released in April, 1999, and contains clips of some of the actors memorable lines in addition to the musical numbers.

1. Blue Effect - "Slunečný hrob"
2. Miroslav Kaman, Jaroslav Dušek - "Dvě dávky"
3. Václav Neckář - "Tu kytaru jsem koupil kvůli tobě"
4. Boleslav Polívka - "Nebe na zemi"
5. Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran, Ondřej Brousek - "Kozačky..."
6. Petr Novák & Flamengo - "Povídej"
7. Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran - "Něco jako příbuzný"
8. Waldemar Matuška - "Pojď se mnou, lásko má"
9. Emília Vášáryová, Jiří Kodet]] - "Dávám bolševikovi rok"
10. Hana Hegerová - "Čerešně"
11. Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka, Silvie Koblížková - "Nerozbitná sklenička"
12. Kučerovci - "Ajo mama"
13. Miroslav Donutil, Michael Beran - "Gagarinův bratr"
14. Kučerovci - "La mulher rendeira"
15. Stella Zázvorková, Simona Stašová, Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka - "Maršál Malinovskij"
16. Judita Čeřovská - "Je po dešti"
17. Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský - "Vyděržaj, pijaněr"
18. Václav Neckář - "Lékořice"
19. Emília Vášáryová, Kristýna Nováková, Jiří Kodet - "Noky"
20. Karel Gott - "Santa lucia"
21. Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka, Jiří Kodet - "Kde udělali soudruzi z NDR chybu?"
22. Waldemar Matuška - "Mrholí"
23. Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský - "Hoří hovno? ..."
24. Karel Gott & Olympic - "Trezor"
25. Jiří Kodet - "Proletáři všech zemí ..."
26. Matadors - "Get Down From The Tree"
27. Soulmen - "Baby Do Not Cry"
28. Soulmen - "I Wish I Were"
29. Blue Effect - "Snakes"
30. Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka - "Průměrná ženská"
31. Blue Effect - "Sluneční hrob"

References

1. ^ http://slovnik.cz

External links

• Cosy Dens at the Internet Movie Database
• Petr Šabach's Book, Hovno Hoří
• Soundtrack Listing