Gambit
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
GambitCzech title
GambitEnglish title
GambitWorking title
SoutěžSynopsis
Young sculptor Martin makes a stylized sculpture for a newly built housing estate, but the commission rejects it; these elderly gentlemen lack the courage to say yes to such a modernist piece. Martin's friend, a young architect who seems to have arranged the artist the order, advises him to rework the sculpture. But Martin resents making a "monument for the moment" and refuses to change it. He is in serious financial problems that seem to be getting worse because his girlfriend, dancer Blanka, is pregnant. The young woman has sacrificed her career to her future child and Martin's stubbornness depresses her. Martin's next sculpture is very much like the first and the next commission, made up of younger people, again refuses it.
Note
Sculptures by sculptor František Pacík (1927–1975) were used.
Photos
Cast
Hugo Demartini
sochař Martin
Růžena Beníšková
Voice by Jiřina Jirásková
tanečnice Blanka
Jiří Holý
architekt Novák
Vladimír Erlebach
Voice by Stanislav Fišer
malíř, Martinův kamarád
Zdeněk Šebesta
členové souboru pantomimy divadla Na Zábradlí
Dagmar Dvořáčková
žena na výstavě
Jaroslav Jakoubek
muž na výstavě
Zdeněk Lednický
František Pacík
Zdeněk Chotěnovský
František Rohan
M. Hon
M. Jirásková
J. Jirásek
J. Klimeš
K. Kouba
M. Magdová
Dana Paseková
Eduard Hájek
E. Brydlová
členové Orchestru SHQ
Dubbing
Otomar Korbelář
hlas profesora
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Art Director
František Pacík
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Oldřich Tichý, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Václav Wasserman (režie), František A. Dvořák (scénář), Jan Kališ (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)
Cooperation
Karel Kafka, Jana Marková
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr SHQ Karla Velebného
Production info
Original Title
Gambit
Czech Title
Gambit
English Title
Gambit
Working Title
Soutěž
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1964
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
19 min
Original length in metres
518 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
