Open Window
Category
filmGenre
étude, comedyTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Otevřené oknoCzech title
Otevřené oknoEnglish title
Open WindowSynopsis
An English lady and her niece, Věra, look forward to the announced visit of Lord George Nuttle of Baskerville. He has been sent to them by a relative under the pretext of improving the man's health, but both ladies are well aware she has sent him to them for their amusement. The two ladies make a bet: in which part of face is the visitor going to have a nervous tick? The visitor has arrived and is not "ticking" yet. The man wonders why there is an open window in the salon in such cold weather. The old lady leaves to bring refreshments and Věra in the meantime reveals to the visitor that, three years ago, the hostess's husband left with his brother and a cocker-spaniel to hunt on the moorland and has not returned yet, but the lady still hopes for their return. The hostess offers a plaster cake to taste and the director of the film, hot under his collar, breaks into the film scene. The visitor gets nervous and, to the displeasure of both ladies, has ticks in both sides of his face. The guest's state worsens upon seeing two men clad in hunting suits with a dog returning to the house. The director fails to prevent the members of the film crew from disassembling the backdrops...
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Cast
Marie Rosůlková
tetinka-hostitelka
Bohumil Šmída
lord, tetinčin manžel
Bohuslav Kupšovský
komorník Jeroným
Svatava Šanovcová
neteř Věra
Gustav Heverle
lord Georg Nuttle
Miroslav Homola
režisér
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Saki (Otevřené dveře – povídka ze sbírky Bestie a nadbestie /Beasts and Super-Beasts/)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Bořivoj Zeman (režie), Jan Matějovský, František A. Dvořák (scénář), Eduard Landisch (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce), Josef Dobřichovský (střih)
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Život je jen náhoda
Song Composer Jaroslav Ježek
Writer of Lyrics Jan WerichJiří Voskovec
Singer Jožka SrbováAnita Schlesingerová
Production info
Original Title
Otevřené okno
Czech Title
Otevřené okno
English Title
Open Window
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude, comedy
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1963
Production Year
1963
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
13 min
Original length in metres
427 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
