Little Guinea Pig
Category
filmGenre
drama, psychologicalTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
KrálíčekCzech title
KrálíčekEnglish title
Little Guinea PigSynopsis
Children with yellow stars on their chests wait in front of the surgery of a German doctor in the ghetto, who has an SS uniform under his doctor's overcoat. A Red Cross delegation is expected to arrive soon and the doctor stops his experiments. The nurse Wally also wears a Jewish star. The doctor orders her to give vitamins to the children and make sure there are never more than eight of them in the rooms. Small, wide-eyed Ilonka refuses to take cod-liver oil, even after the doctor starts singing her a children's song in German. The girl runs away to the toilet, where she meets her friend Petr. Petr looks after the guinea pigs and tells the girl, whom he has nicknamed Mite [Blecha], how the doctor kills the guinea pigs with the injections. He promises Ilonka to bring her a guinea pig and gives her a carrot. But the girl has been infected with encephalitis as an guinea pig subject and the Red Cross inspection must not find out. When Ilonka returns to the hallway the doctor takes her to his surgery and gives her an injection. Later on, Petr comes to the hallway looking for the little girl but the distressed Wally tells him he will never find her again.
Photos
Cast
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Arnošt Lustig (Bílý – povídka ze sbírky Démanty noci)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Elmar Klos (režie), Václav Sklenář (režie), Eduard Landisch (kamera), Josef Dobřichovský (střih), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)
Music
Music Composed by
archivní
Music Advisor
Songs
Fuchs, du hast die Gans gestohlen
Singer Ota Sklenčka
Production info
Original Title
Králíček
Czech Title
Králíček
English Title
Little Guinea Pig
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
drama, psychological
Student film
3. ročník
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1961
Production Year
1961
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
12 min
Original length in metres
342 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, German
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
