The Secret of a Handwriting

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production year

1958

Runtime

9 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Tajemství písma

Czech title

Tajemství písma

English title

The Secret of a Handwriting

Synopsis

Mr Franci takes a graphological survey of his wife's handwriting so seriously that he starts searching for faults in her which he never noticed before. He brings the kind and caring woman to tears with his remarks. A friend whom he tells about the analyzis doubts the credibility of graphology. Franci also understands that he missed the point and hurries after his lovely wife.

Cast

Crew and creators

Based on

Karel Čapek (Tajemství písma – povídka ze sbírky Povídky z jedné kapsy)

Screenplay

Bohuslav Musil

Director of Photography

František Valert

Pedagogical management

Miloš Makovec (režie), Vladimír Novotný (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce), Antonín Zelenka (střih)

Production info

Original Title

Tajemství písma

Czech Title

Tajemství písma

English Title

The Secret of a Handwriting

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production Year

1958

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

9 min

Original length in metres

250 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