Something Different
6.9
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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Cast
22 people
Věra Uzelacová
Věra
Also in
The Brothers Grimm
Kolya
Josef Langmiler
Josef
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Miroslav Hájek
Věra Chytilová
Also in
Green Street
Caterwauling
Jiří Kodet
Jirka
Known for
Cosy Dens
Morgiana
Jan Čuřík
Milivoj Uzelac
Milda
Also in
Místenka bez návratu
Jiří Šlitr
Also in
Crime in the Night Club
If a Thousand Clarinets
Jaroslava Matlochová
Trainer
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Marta Kaplerová
Luboš Ogoun
Trainer
Also in
30 Maidens and Pythagoras
Kidnapped
Jiří Pokorný
Věra Chytilová Director · Jiří Šlitr Composer Jan Čuřík Cinematographer
United States release April 7, 1971 · Produced in XC · Production Československý Státní Film
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Československý Státní Film
Production
XC
Produced in
Hořké vavříny
Working title
Languages
Original title
O něčem jiném
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · December 20, 1963
Theatrical
United States · April 7, 1971
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Argentina
January 9, 1975 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 26, 2025 · Limited theatrical · CineSESC (Mostra "Mulheres no Cinema do Leste Europeu")
Czechia
July 3, 2016 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Finland
February 7, 1964 · Theatrical
France
May 25, 1966 · Theatrical
Germany
August 5, 1968 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
November 7, 2020 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hungary
August 13, 1964 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 17, 2018 · Premiere · Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
Sweden
August 16, 1970 · TV
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