My House – My Castle

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production year

1968

Runtime

6 min

Category

film

Genre

slapstick, educational

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Můj dům – můj hrad

Czech title

Můj dům – můj hrad

English title

My House – My Castle

Working title

Mimopracovní úrazy

Synopsis

A stork returns to his nest just as people are returning to their apartments, where they feel safe. It is the time for spring cleaning. While the husband is hanging up the lace curtains, the ladder collapses under him, leaving him hanging on the window. The little daughter slips on a rolled-up carpet and cries. Mother runs to comfort her, leaving a gas range unattended. The soup on the range boils over, extinguishing the gas fire. Grandfather tries to light his pipe with a broken lighter and decides to use liquid gas instead. Grandmother, washing the inside of a cupboard, is locked in by a naughty grandson and spills a bucket of water on herself. The older grandson is playing with a radio and leaves the opposite end of a plugged-in electric extension cable lying on the floor. The younger grandson plays with a sabre which otherwise decorates the wall of the living room. The wife is unable to help her husband and calls the neighbours. The drenched grandmother is electrocuted. While she is jumping up and down with pain, the grandfather finally succeeds in striking the lighter. There is an explosion of the accumulated gas and the father falls to the floor. The whole family is injured and in shock and the apartment is in ruins. The film's narrative admonishes us not to "become comforted by the certainty that nothing can happen to us in this safe nest of ours."

Commentary

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Miroslav Sobota

Screenplay

Miroslav Sobota

Commentary by

Miroslav Sobota

Director of Photography

Jiří Pipka

Film Editor

Dana Lukešová

Sound Designer

Benjamin Astrug

Production Manager

Miloš Čálek

Consultant

MUDr. Jaromír Mayer

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Music Selected by

Jiří Šust

Production info

Original Title

Můj dům – můj hrad

Czech Title

Můj dům – můj hrad

English Title

My House – My Castle

Working Title

Mimopracovní úrazy

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

slapstick, educational

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production Year

1968

Production specifications

projection approval 11 December 1968

Premiere

preview 20 February 1969 (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 27 February 1969 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní /kina Nonstop '60/)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

6 min

Original length in metres

175 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech, commentary

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech