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Something Different
Something Different

Something Different

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

20 December 1963

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Věra Uzelacová

Věra Uzelacová

Věra

Josef Langmiler

Josef Langmiler

Josef

Jiří Kodet

Jiří Kodet

Jirka

Milivoj Uzelac

Milivoj Uzelac

Milda

Jaroslava Matlochová

Jaroslava Matlochová

Trainer

Luboš Ogoun

Luboš Ogoun

Trainer

Vladimír Bosák

Vladimír Bosák

Eva's Husband

Eva Bosáková

Eva Bosáková

Eva

Dagmar Cejnková

Dagmar Cejnková

Dada

Jiří Cejnek

Jiří Cejnek

Dada's Husband

Oldřich Červinka

Oldřich Červinka

Journalist

Rudolf Kyznar

Rudolf Kyznar

Pianist (uncredited)

Věra Čáslavská

Věra Čáslavská

Gymnast (uncredited)

František Filipovský

František Filipovský

František Filipovský (uncredited)

Antonín Bahenský

Antonín Bahenský

Cameraman (uncredited)

Helena Štvánová

Helena Štvánová

Saleswoman (uncredited)

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