Fear

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production year

1956

Runtime

9 min

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Strach

Czech title

Strach

English title

Fear

Synopsis

A young American soldier returns home for Christmas. Instead of his parents, there is a young woman in the flat, whom he does not know. She tries to brush him off, but despite her protests, the soldier enters. The room is almost empty; the young man goes and opens a secret cache under the window, where he has once hidden his childhood treasures. Now, the girl understands that the soldier really used to live there, but she knows nothing of his family. The flat has been allotted to her and it was empty. She tells the soldier that war is not just waged where bullets are fired. The man hears something stir in the next room. He opens the door and enters that dark room. Immediately after that, he is beaten up. - Later, the woman and the soldier sit in an interview room. A stern-looking man wants them to sign a document which reads: "...not to disturb order and peace, they will be preventively interned in accordance with Section 117 b-6 R. of Shelton's Great Educational Programme."

Cast

Vladimír Hlavatý

Josef Bukvaj

Nina Popelíková

Marie, Bukvajova žena

Ladislav Kazda

příslušník SNB

Crew and creators

Based on

Adrian del Valle (povídka)

Director of Photography

Vladimír Opletal

Pedagogical management

Václav Gajer (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)

Production info

Original Title

Strach

Czech Title

Strach

English Title

Fear

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

drama

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production Year

1956

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

9 min

Original length in metres

237 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