Calamity
6.7
Funny banter about love, sex, social status, and other ideals, while a new railway employee is trained and sent on his first run as driver.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
57 people
Bolek Polívka
Honza Dostál
Known for
Men in Hope
Divided We Fall
Dagmar Bláhová
Majka
Known for
The Marsupials: The Howling III
Milada
Ivan Šlapeta
Věra Chytilová
Also in
Green Street
Caterwauling
Jana Synková
primářka
Also in
Život na zámku
Saturnin
Josef Šilhavý
Jiří Brožek
Marie Pavlíková
babička
Also in
Čtenáři a jejich svět
Venca
Jiří Žůček
Klára Emingerová
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Květa
Known for
Little Otik
Give the Devil His Due
Helena Anýzová
Věra Chytilová Director · Josef Šilhavý Screenplay Laco Déczi Composer
First release January 29, 1982 · Produced in XC · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
XC
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kalamita
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · January 29, 1982
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 23, 2025 · Theatrical · Digitally restored
Germany
June 3, 1985 · TV premiere
More from Věra Chytilová
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Calamity
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.