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Something Different

6.419631h 25mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorVěra Chytilová
WriterVěra Chytilová
ProducerBohumil Šmída

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Cast · Directed by Věra Chytilová

VU
Věra Uzelacová
Věra
JLJosef Langmiler
Josef Langmiler
Josef
JKJiří Kodet
Jiří Kodet
Jirka
MU
Milivoj Uzelac
Milda
JM
Jaroslava Matlochová
Trainer
LO
Luboš Ogoun
Trainer
VB
Vladimír Bosák
Eva's Husband
EB
Eva Bosáková
Eva
DC
Dagmar Cejnková
Dada
JC
Jiří Cejnek
Dada's Husband
OČ
Oldřich Červinka
Journalist
RK
Rudolf Kyznar
Pianist (uncredited)

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