The Acid Muck

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1969

Production year

1969

Runtime

9 min

Director

Ján Zeman

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Kyselinovej sajrajt

Czech title

Kyselinovej sajrajt

English title

The Acid Muck

Synopsis

A girl is in bed drinking a beer in an unappealing room. A gasworker interrupts her. He has come to cut off her gas but the girl refuses to let him in, as that would leave her with nowhere to make her soup. She finally opens the door, pointing out that she will anyway saw the lead seal off the gas meter. The gasworker assures her that this time she won't manage to do that, as the seal is made of an exceptionally strong lead alloy. When he leaves, the girl sees for herself that he was right. She calls the chemist who lives next door to help her. The chemist brings some acid, which the girl uses to corrode the seal. In the end, the electrician shows up and cuts off her electricity without more ado.

Cast

posluchači AMU

Tomáš Sedláček

soused chemik

Zdenek Zaoral

elektrikář

Crew and creators

Director

Ján Zeman

Based on

Diana di Prima (Noční můra 2 /Nightmare 2/ – báseň)

Director of Photography

Zdeněk Beck

Film Editor

Ján Zeman

Sound Designer

Josef Hubka

Production Manager

Karel Fiala

Pedagogical management

Elmar Klos (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera), Radovan Lukavský, Jiří Hanibal (odborný asistent)

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Music Advisor

Josef Ceremuga

Production info

Original Title

Kyselinovej sajrajt

Czech Title

Kyselinovej sajrajt

English Title

The Acid Muck

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1969

Production Year

1969

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

9 min

Original length in metres

252 meters

Distribution carrier

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