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The Halftime of Happiness
The Halftime of Happiness
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  2. The Halftime of Happiness

The Halftime of Happiness

Original Title: Poločas štěstí

1985
1h 29m
Comedy
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1985

Runtime

1h 29m

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Storyline

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...

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Feb 1, 1985
Languages
Czech
Director
Zbyněk Brynych
Zbyněk Brynych
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia

Top Cast

53 Cast Members

Josef Vinklář

Josef Vinklář

Ondřej Bozděch

Jiří Adamíra

Jiří Adamíra

Karel

Slávka Španková

Bozděchová

Hana Maciuchová

Hana Maciuchová

Monika

Zora Jandová

Zora Jandová

Markéta

Milan Šimáček

Milan Šimáček

Ondra

Jiří Schwarz

Jiří Schwarz

Honza

Miroslav Paleček

Miroslav Paleček

Lochman

Dana Syslová

Dana Syslová

Lída

Viola Zinková

Jana

Zdeněk Dítě

Zdeněk Dítě

Vrchní

Viktor Maurer

Nápadník

Ladislav Potměšil

Ladislav Potměšil

Matousek

Zdeněk Hodr

Inženýr

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

Mirek

Ferdinand Krůta

Benda

Adolf Filip

Hámos

Jiří Růžička

Jiří Růžička

Kuchař

Jaroslav Čejka

Jaroslav Čejka

Tanečník

Tomáš Hendrych

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