It is the depths of winter and in the middle of a desolate landscape on a snowy slope stands a log cabin, inhabited by an old man. The man puts his last log into his stove and the warmth of the fire visibly delights him. He rocks his rocking chair energetically and sings merrily. The flames die away and the old man looks around for something to put on the fire. In the end he sacrifices the chair, but soon that too is burnt up. The man tears the remnants of posters from the walls, gathers various rags and throws everything into the stove. Then he takes an axe and gradually chops up the wooden walls of his house, although it is obvious that he cannot win this duel with cruel nature. The fire gradually eats up the planks and beams until the cabin entirely collapses. The man wants to get warm, and so runs around the dying flames.
starý muž
Oskar Nedbal (Polská krev – opereta)
Song Composer Oskar Nedbal
Writer of Lyrics Leo Stein
Singer Joža Mrázek Hořický
Srub
Srub
The Log Cabin
film
featuretheatrical distribution
absurd
Czechoslovakia
1966
1966
projection approval 3 June 1966
preview 23 September 1966 (kino Čas /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 30 September 1966 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní /kina Čas/)
no caption
short film
11 min
325 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
