The End of the Clairvoyant

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1957

Production year

1957

Premiere

2 August 1963

Runtime

24 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy, satire

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Konec jasnovidce

Czech title

Konec jasnovidce

English title

The End of the Clairvoyant

Synopsis

Private clairvoyant Mathias Scibolini carries out his work with honesty and to the full satisfaction of his clients. When he and other clairvoyants are affiliated under one communal enterprise, he continues his work under his ordinary name Matěj Šibolín. The affiliation causes unsurmountable administrative work, the clairvoyant services become slapdash and the clients are not happy. After work hours, however, they are able to visit the clairvoyant's flat where everything is as it was before.

Cast

Miloš Kopecký

jasnovidec Matěj Šibolín alias magister Mathias Scibolini

František Filipovský

klient Jelínek

Vladimír Menšík

klient Josef Vobrna

Jiřina Bohdalová

klientka-laborantka Marcela Vojanová z Kladna

Josef Kemr

Karel Vaníček z Kročehlav, nastávající manžel Vojanové

Josef Hlinomaz

klient-správce státního statku z Babí Vody

Miroslav Horníček

Osmík, ředitel n. p. Koloběžka

Jana Hálová

asistentka Soňa Krásná

Dagmar Kmínková

písařka na stroji

Božena Fixová

úřednice-zapisovatelka

Jiří Sehnal

hráč na pilu

Ota Motyčka

pokladník

Lubomír Bryg

úředník Vašek

Anna Gabrielová

klientka žádající potvrzení

Stella Zázvorková

klientka ve frontě

Ivo Palec

klient-voják

Bedřich Zelenka

klient se štítnou žlázou

Lubomír Kostelka

klient se Stazkou

Ota Žebrák

klient s dvojčaty

František Závěta

klient

Věra Chytilová

dívka v plavkách

Crew and creators

Assistant Director

Alena Urbanová

Screenstory

Bedřich Zelenka

Director of Photography

Jaroslav Tuzar

Camera Operator

Miroslav Sinkule, Miroslav Ondříček

Production Designer

Jan Zázvorka

Assistent Production Designer

Leoš Karen

Set Designer

Stanislav Pavlík

Make-Up Artist

Gustav Hrdlička

Sound Designer

Roman Hloch

Special Effects

František Jakubec

Production Manager

Josef Ouzký

Unit Production Manager

Vratislav Innemann

Unit Production Manager

Jiří Mařas

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Šlitr

Music Performed by

Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (Music Conducted by Karel Krautgartner), Karel Krautgartner

Production info

Original Title

Konec jasnovidce

Czech Title

Konec jasnovidce

English Title

The End of the Clairvoyant

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, satire

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1957

Production Year

1957

Production specifications

projection approval 17 September 1957 (neschváleno do distribuce)
projection approval 12 March 1963
withdrawal from distribution 31 August 1993

Premiere

premiere 2 August 1963 /suitable for youths/
renewed premiere 1 November 1990 /suitable for youths/

Distribution slogan

no caption (1963) / Four times about people and things around us. (1990)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Distribution

Ústřední půjčovna filmů (původní 1963 a obnovená 1990)

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Feix – Daniel, František Daniel (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Karel Feix (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

24 min

Original length in metres

661 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 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