The Crime at the Girl’s School
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1965Production year
1965Premiere
18 February 1966Runtime
106 minCategory
povídkový filmGenre
detective, short-storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Zločin v dívčí školeCzech title
Zločin v dívčí školeEnglish title
The Crime at the Girl’s Schoolpovídkový film
The Crime at the Girl’s SchoolSummary
Filmmakers during the 1960s most often opted to adapt one of Josef Škvorecký's crime stories when it came to making a silver screen version of one of the author's literary works. The first director to show interest in the popular writer was Jiří Menzel. In 1965, he directed the crime comedy Zločin v dívčí škole (Crime at the Girls' School), a motion picture that combines another two stories with the title piece. These are Smrt na jehle (Death at the Needle) and Jak se koupe žena (How a Woman Bathes). Škvorecký, who provided input during the screenwriting, was able to introduce his favourite hero, gloomy lieutenant Borůvka, to the world of cinema. Played by Lubomír Lipský, the detective investigates a theft in a girls’ school attended by his daughter Zuzanka (Hana Horáčková). Rather than tracking the missing money, Borůvka soon turns his attention to the disappearance of the unpopular maths teacher, Professor Kotě, and to his daughter’s secret sexual life… Brothers Petr and Matěj Forman, then just one-year-old make brief film debuts as twin infants.
Synopsis
Three short stories.
Photos
Crew and creators
Cooperation
Bohuslav Kück (fotograf)
Production info
Original Title
Zločin v dívčí škole
Czech Title
Zločin v dívčí škole
English Title
The Crime at the Girl’s School
Category
povídkový film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
detective, short-story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1965
Production Year
1965
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 8 April 1965
technical Screenplay approved 20 April 1965
start of filming 10 May 1965
end of filming 4 July 1965
projection approval 11 November 1965
Premiere
premiere 18 February 1966 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 25 February 1966 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Jalta /6½ týdne/, Metro /3 týdny/, Arbes /1 týden od 25. 3./ a Oko /1 týden od 8. 4./, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Bor, Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
106 min
Original length in metres
3 004 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
