Something Different

Something Different

90 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 1963

In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint. The first follows Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosáková, who contemplates retirement as she undergoes a gruelling training schedule; the second, a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband.

Something Different

90 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 1963

Something Different
In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint. The first follows Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosáková, who contemplates retirement as she undergoes a gruelling training schedule; the second, a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title O něčem jiném
Directors Mojmír Ticháček, Věra Chytilová, Jiří Menzel
Writers Ladislav Fikar, Věra Chytilová

Cast

Věra Uzelacová

as Věra

Josef Langmiler

as Josef

Jiří Kodet

as Jirka

Milivoj Uzelac

as Milda

Luboš Ogoun

as Trainer

Vladimír Bosák

as Eva's Husband

Jiří Cejnek

as Dada's Husband

Oldřich Červinka

as Journalist

Rudolf Kyznar

as Pianist (uncredited)

Věra Čáslavská

as Gymnast (uncredited)

František Filipovský

as František Filipovský (uncredited)

Antonín Bahenský

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Helena Štvánová

as Saleswoman (uncredited)