72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Plache pribehy / The Timid Stories

Czechoslovakia
Synopsis

Based on the work of Karel Capek, from which three stories have been extracted that are used for the debut of three filmmakers. The titled Homicidal Attack: a stranger shoots from a window against a counselor, which leads him to reflect on his potential enemies. The Blue Chrysanthemum: a strange girl brings to the beginning some rare chrysanthemums whose color astonishes the local people. The Record Story: a farmer manages to break the world throwing record, because his target was a man he hated.

Director
Screenplay
Karel Capek, David Jan Novotný
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Photography
Ivan Slapeta
Edition
Jirí Brozek
Music
Jan Klusák, Jaroslav Krcek
Cast
Vladimír Kratina, Bronislav Poloczek, Jan Preucil, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Rudolf Hrusínský, Zlata Adamovská
Sound
J. Kriz
Running Time
86 m.
Country
Czechoslovakia
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