Fools among Us
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1955Production year
1955Runtime
16 minCategory
filmGenre
satireTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Blázni mezi námiCzech title
Blázni mezi námiEnglish title
Fools among UsSynopsis
Young man walking down the street notices three running people in striped clothes, who disappear around the corner. The man intends to buy himself a coat. The clothes store manager tries to persuade him to buy a swimsuit instead, because the manufacturers are planning ahead, and therefore now in winter they have only summer goods. Despite the man's objections he forces him to buy tennis outfit. In a fish shop the shop assistant has an unsolvable problem. Customers want only parts of fish, but she refuses to chop it, because she does not know how to set its price. A young customer who just came decided to buy the whole five-kilogram fish, and sells the parts to the customers himself. He is left only with the fish head. At a pharmacy the chemist dispenses to a young man the castor oil in a bottle and refuses to give him gelatine capsules, because it was not specified in the prescription. The young man is desperate. Soon afterwards come young male nurses, who subsequently take all shop assistants to an ambulance. They were patients who escaped from a psychiatric hospital.
Photos
Cast
Vlastimil Brodský
zákazník
Jiří Sovák
vedoucí obchodu s oděvy
Věra Kalendová
prodavačka v rybárně
Eman Fiala
magistr
Luba Skořepová
magistra
Karel Koloušek
příručí v oděvech
Milan Neděla
ošetřovatel
Jiří Růžička st.
ošetřovatel
Rudolf Vodrážka
lékař z blázince
Jiří Sehnal
zákazník
Olga Sluníčková
prodavačka v rybárně
Oldřich Musil
zákazník v oděvech
Naděžda Kreclová
Marie Vacková
A. Bolardová
K. Malá
B. Hužerová
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Janina Poltavská, Heinar Kipphardt
Screenplay
Frank Beyer, Ralf Kirsten, Konrad Petzold, Jiří Sehnal (úprava dialogů)
Commentary by
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Songs
Šaty dělaj' člověka
Song Composer Jaroslav Ježek
Production info
Original Title
Blázni mezi námi
Czech Title
Blázni mezi námi
English Title
Fools among Us
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
satire
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1955
Production Year
1955
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
16 min
Original length in metres
437 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
