The Egg
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1964Production year
1964Premiere
19 February 1965Runtime
26 minDirector
Zdeněk KopáčCategory
filmGenre
drama, historicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
VajíčkoCzech title
VajíčkoEnglish title
The EggSynopsis
A certain Prague student finds it gorgeously amusing to make phone calls to various unknown people. He also calls Mr Cock [Kohoutek], asking him whether he has his little hen at home. Mr Cock, however, proves to be an exception among the called ones -being far from getting angry with the jester or using any invectives. The absurd discussion between the two men begins to repeat every week. It is the year 1938 - the time of mobilisation in Czechoslovakia, and the war expected break out soon. On 17 November 1939, the student and his colleagues are arrested at their colleges and transported to concentration camps. Various people pass through the young man's favourite telephone booth, with their phone calls illustrating the course of the war. Lists of the executed are posted on the billing wall. Six years later, there is peace again and a lorry drops the emaciated student off nearby the phone booth. The student again rings Mr Cock. The man is genuinely happy to hear the yobbo had survived, and invites him over for scrambled eggs...
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Cast
Aleš Košnar
Voice by Stanislav Fišer
student
Rudolf Kalina
František
Dagmar Pokorná
Františkova manželka
Josef Steigl
hostinský
František Příhoda
švec Kverka
Dubbing
Martin Růžek
hlas Jaroslava Kohoutka
Jindřich Narenta
hlas gestapáka a z rozhlasu
Jaroslav Moučka
hlas muže v budce
Jana Drbohlavová
hlas Sylvy Iltisové
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Ludvík Aškenazy (Vajíčko – povídka)
Screenplay
Dramaturg
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Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Zelení hájové
Production info
Original Title
Vajíčko
Czech Title
Vajíčko
English Title
The Egg
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, historical
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1964
Production specifications
projection approval 24 August 1964
Premiere
preview 22 January 1965 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 5 February 1965 /suitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 19 February 1965 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
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Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
26 min
Original length in metres
744 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 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
