Man in Labour
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1979Production year
1979Premiere
8 August 1980Runtime
86 minCategory
povídkový filmGenre
crime, short-story, psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Jak rodí chlapCzech title
Jak rodí chlapEnglish title
Man in LabourWorking title
Jak se rodí chlapSummary
A favourite Barrandov film studios practice – making motion pictures with multiple storylines that allowed three novice directors to debut at once – was behind the delivery of Jak rodí chlap (Man in Labour, 1980). For Zdeněk Troška and Jan Ekl it really was their first attempt at making a short film; Vladimír Drha had already directed a short as part of the multi-narrative film Návštěvy (The Visitors, 1970), which was not completed for ideological reasons. The three short stories, scripted by David Jan Novotný, have the common theme of first-time fathers. The hero of Troška’s story Poštovský panáček (Mail Coach Driver, 1979) is a postman working in the mountains, Ekl’s crime story Hádanka (The Riddle, 1979) is about a new father who becomes a suspect in a murder case, and Drha’s Věrné milování (Faithful Love, 1979) is a tale of punishment meted out to a barfly. While it was a promising start for both Troška and Drha, Ekl later gave up directing films.
Synopsis
Three short stories.
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Crew and creators
Director
Production info
Original Title
Jak rodí chlap
Czech Title
Jak rodí chlap
English Title
Man in Labour
Working Title
Jak se rodí chlap
Category
povídkový film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
crime, short-story, psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1979
Production Year
1979
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 26 February 1979 (povídka Poštovský panáček)
start of filming 7 March 1979 (povídka Poštovský panáček)
technical Screenplay approved 8 March 1979 (povídka Poštovský panáček)
literary Screenplay approved 10 May 1979 (povídka Hádanka)
end of filming 16 May 1979 (povídka Poštovský panáček)
literary Screenplay approved 20 May 1979 (povídka Věrné milování)
start of filming 28 May 1979 (povídka Hádanka)
technical Screenplay approved 28 May 1979 (povídka Věrné milování)
start of filming 28 May 1979 (povídka Věrné milování)
technical Screenplay approved 15 June 1979 (povídka Hádanka)
end of filming 7 August 1979 (povídka Věrné milování)
end of filming 7 September 1979 (povídka Hádanka)
projection approval 9 November 1979 (povídka Věrné milování)
projection approval 9 November 1979 (povídka Poštovský panáček)
projection approval 28 December 1979 (povídka Hádanka)
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
Premiere
premiere 8 August 1980 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
86 min
Original length in metres
2 449 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
