The Sunday Driver

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1969

Production year

1969

Premiere

5 July 1973

Runtime

13 min

Category

film

Genre

satire

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Sváteční jezdec

Czech title

Sváteční jezdec

English title

The Sunday Driver

Synopsis

The Sunday driver Mr N. piles his family - wife, three small children, grandad and grandma - into his new Škoda. They set off on and excursion but Mr N.'s style of driving - inexperience combined with aggression - creates dangerous situations. A wrong turning takes the car onto the wrong, opposite lane of the highway and menaces the other road users. Mr N. ignores a level crossing and the car only just gets off the rails before the train comes through. A picnic in the country ends in a downpour. Mr N. is now unable to get the car out of the soft ground into which his clumsy manoeuvres have jammed it. The family finally gets back home with no idea how many times they were in peril. We ought to be aware that there is sometimes a bit of Mr N. in all of us.

Cast

Commentary

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Jiří Papoušek

Director of Photography

František Vlček

Sound Designer

Benjamin Astrug

Production Manager

Jiří Fabián

Production info

Original Title

Sváteční jezdec

Czech Title

Sváteční jezdec

English Title

The Sunday Driver

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

satire

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1969

Production Year

1969

Premiere

premiere 5 July 1973 /suitable for youths/ (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 5 July 1973 /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

13 min

Original length in metres

360 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