The Battle at the Red Field
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Bitva na Červeném poliCzech title
Bitva na Červeném poliEnglish title
The Battle at the Red FieldSynopsis
A young journalist is dispatched by a regional paper to a village to interview the last surviving witness of a battle which took place seventy years ago. The man, known only under the nickname Captain [Hejtman], is considered a harmless old fool and a liar by the locals. The young man finds Captain's cottage and, inside it, an old, ill woman confined to her bed who nevertheless still has enough power to constantly drag up her ninety-year old husband. The old man is pleased by the journalist's interest and walks with him behind the cottage to indulge in his old memories. It is, however, unclear from his incoherent speech whether he really took part in the battle, fled from it or simply does not remember anything any more. The shooting of some hares by huntsmen nearby horrifies the man and makes him run back to his house. The young man gets no results and returns to the railway station where a young railway woman promptly arranges a date with him.
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Cast
Ivan Vyskočil
mladý novinář
Viktor Očásek
Voice by Bohuš Záhorský
Hejtman
Hermína Vojtová
Voice by Světla Svozilová
Hejtmanova žena
Hana Kuberová
Voice by Iva Hüttnerová
železničářka
Josef Vlček (2)
penzista
Milada Ježková
Voice by Libuše Havelková
uklízečka
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Elmar Klos (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera)
Cooperation
J. Seidl, Vlastimil Venclík, Ivo Pitrák
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Bitva na Červeném poli
Czech Title
Bitva na Červeném poli
English Title
The Battle at the Red Field
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1968
Production Year
1967
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
29 min
Original length in metres
807 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
tinting, colour, black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
