Night of Orange Fires

Overview

Petr Rynes (Svatopluk Matyás) is celebrating his forty-fifth birthday in the company of his friends. He is happy with his wife, and his abilities at work have been rewarded with the medal For Outstanding Work. But a few short seconds are enough to change his life when he makes the ill-judged decision to take his car to bring a friend's wife to the celebration, and hits a pedestrian on the way. He has of course been drinking at the party and is consequently sentenced to sixteen months in prison. Being in jail is not an easy thing for a honorable communist. He soon gets into conflict with several violent inmates, who think they can break his spirit by violence.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 7, 1975

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Zuzana Mixová,Alice Hašová,Růžena Merunková,Eva Vytlačilová,Milan Hlavín,Jiří Lábus,Antonín Jeřicha,Karel Fiala,Luděk Nešleha,Alena Kreuzmannováand 51 more

Director

Zbyněk Brynych

Writer

Miroslav Hladký,Ivan Gariš,Zbyněk Brynych

Cinematography

Emil Sirotek

Music

Jiří Sternwald

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0170315