Who and How

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production year

1988

Runtime

22 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Kdo a jak

Czech title

Kdo a jak

English title

Who and How

Synopsis

Věra, a student and functionary of the Socialistic Youth Union, gives a passionate speech to students. She is trying, in vain, to awake their activity. She gets offended by the obvious lack of interest of her colleague Michal, so she forces him to at least pay due membership fees and contributions to various solidarity funds. Michal does not have enough money, but he partially pays. He is a very active young man and he helps without any salary to build a social facility of a playground. However, his contemporary, Richard, is much more successful. His father is an influential man in a high position. Although he is now in treatment in hospital, he can feel satisfied. Richard is busy as a bee. He has a high function in the youth union, allowing him a lucrative side income and even power. He fosters relations only with the view of profit; therefore he has among his friends also a foreign currency speculator and underhanded moneychanger. When the exhausted Věra complains that the members of the organisation lack interest, he recommends exemplarily expelling somebody. Thus, Michal is proposed to be expelled.

Cast

Martin Zounar

student Michal Novák

Barbora Hrzánová

předsedkyně SSM Věra

Alexej Pyško

funkcionář SSM Richard

Jan Šťastný

funkcionář SSM, kandidát KSČ

Josef Větrovec

ředitel, Richardův otec

Milena Dvorská

Richardova matka

Roman Skamene

vekslák, Richardův kamarád

Nela Boudová

Lucie, Michalova dívka

Marie Rosůlková

domovní důvěrnice Vondráčková

K. Vinická

Veronika

Dubbing

Otto Lackovič

hlas trenéra

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Jelena Bošković, Igor Chaun

Screenplay

Roman Petrenko

Director of Photography

Tomáš Hruška

Camera Operator

Miloš Kabyl

Film Editor

Dušan Lajda

Sound Designer

Marek Hart

Production Manager

Petr Hlinovský

Cooperation

Zdeněk Zvonek

Songs

Niekedy si bránim svoj názor vlastný

Singer mužský hlas

Production info

Original Title

Kdo a jak

Czech Title

Kdo a jak

English Title

Who and How

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production Year

1988

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

22 min

Original length in metres

630 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech