The Terminus
Category
filmGenre
étude, horrorTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
KonečnáCzech title
KonečnáEnglish title
The TerminusSynopsis
A man has fallen asleep on a train. Woken up by the squealing of the brakes, he realizes that he is the only passenger left on the train. He learns from a strange-looking station clerk that he has travelled an additional five stations and will have to stay in the waiting room for the night, because the station is entirely deserted and the next train only leaves on the following day. In the middle of the night, the traveller is surprised to see a woman in an evening dress asking him for a cigarette. Other people join her in the waiting room, holding glasses of wine and behaving as if they were at a party. The woman mentions the possibility of sleeping in a small room and a man wearing a white scarf adds that although the rooms are very small one becomes accustomed to them. All these people have likewise missed their stations and found themselves at the terminus... It is morning in the empty waiting room and all is quiet except for the squealing sound of a train arriving at the station. In the corner of the deserted room, the suitcases of the passenger, who the last evening missed his destination, rest next to other luggage.
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Cast
Zdeněk Řehoř
cestující
Zbyněk Vaňous
nádražní zřízenec
Věra Budilová
žena s cigaretou
Olga Jiroušková
žena s bonboniérou
Josef Vinklář
muž s bílou šálou
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Robert Aickman (Čekárna /The Waiting Room/ – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Elmar Klos (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Josef Dobřichovský (střih), Jiří Hanibal (odborný asistent), Radovan Lukavský
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Konečná
Czech Title
Konečná
English Title
The Terminus
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude, horror
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1970
Production Year
1970
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
14 min
Original length in metres
391 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
