Visit

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1959

Production year

1959

Runtime

8 min

Director

Hynek Bočan

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Návštěva

Czech title

Návštěva

English title

Visit

Synopsis

A husband and wife are preparing dinner. The wife also lays out a third place setting. The husband wonders whether or not he is to accept the awaited male guest. He has been released from prison and, even though he has been certified as fully rehabilitated, his visit might cause complications. The man knows that the expected one-time friend had not been accepted by other families. They are all afraid that he might want something from them. When the guest rings the doorbell, the man does not get up to open the door. The woman feels uneasy but when she eventually goes to the door herself, it is too late. The guest has gone.

Crew and creators

Director

Hynek Bočan

Screenplay

Hynek Bočan

Director of Photography

Jiří Šámal

Sound Designer

Oldřich Tichý

Pedagogical management

Miroslav Hubáček (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera), Jan Kučera (střihová skladba), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)

Production info

Original Title

Návštěva

Czech Title

Návštěva

English Title

Visit

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1959

Production Year

1959

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

8 min

Original length in metres

228 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