Don Juan 68

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production year

1968

Runtime

17 min

Category

film

Genre

satire

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Don Juan 68

Czech title

Don Juan 68

English title

Don Juan 68

Synopsis

A television reporter visits Mr Drobný, an office clerk who answers personal advertisements and dates scores of women. Mr Drobný has been filmed in secret at some of these meetings and even his conversations have been recorded. Mr Drobný is not particularly venturesome or witty in social contact and has not managed to choose the Miss Right even from among an estimated three hundred women that he has dated so far. He archives the women's letters according to their marital status: divorced, single and widows. He chooses his neckties according to the age of the particular woman he dates, and also according to where they live: he wears more colourful patterns for those who come from the countryside. The reporter's questions no longer amuse Mr Drobný, who puts on his pyjamas and goes to bed, turning his back to the camera. In his dream, he sees himself seated at a table at the heart of a meadow. Women wearing different kinds of modern and folk costume gather from all sides and they all feed, caress and wait on him.

Cast

Vladimír Slavkovský

Drobný

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Jaromil Jireš

Screenplay

Jaromil Jireš

Director of Photography

Jozef Ort-Šnep

Production Manager

Petr Brada

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Šust

Selected Music

Bedřich Smetana (Česká píseň)

Production info

Original Title

Don Juan 68

Czech Title

Don Juan 68

English Title

Don Juan 68

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

satire

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production Year

1968

Production specifications

projection approval 24 April 1968

Premiere

preview 13 March 1969 (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 20 March 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

17 min

Original length in metres

480 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