That Man!

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1970

Production year

1970

Runtime

13 min

Category

film

Genre

slapstick

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Ten člověk!

Czech title

Ten člověk!

English title

That Man!

Working title

Člověk a přítel

Synopsis

A kindly looking man wakes up in the morning and has his breakfast along with his parrot. On his way to work, he finds a man hanging on a tree who attempted to commit suicide. He disentangles him from the branch, and although the man is heavy, he manages to take him to his own apartment. There, he treats his wounds and puts him to his own bed. For the whole day, the man is pleased to have found a friend and fantasizes how they will live together. Instead, the hulking great fellow destroys the whole apartment upon waking up. The man finds out only the following morning since in the evening, he thoughtfully made his bed on the floor. Despite this unpleasant experience, he again carries home yet another suicide whom he found on his way to work...

Cast

Míla Šulc

sebevrah

Crew and creators

Dramaturg

Josef Strnad

Director of Photography

Jiří Kolín

Sound Designer

Radomír Koutek

Production Manager

Dušan Schaffer

Music

Music Composed by

František Belfín

Production info

Original Title

Ten člověk!

Czech Title

Ten člověk!

English Title

That Man!

Working Title

Člověk a přítel

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

slapstick

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1970

Production Year

1970

Production specifications

projection approval 25 June 1970

Premiere

premiere 16 October 1970 /suitable for youths/ (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

13 min

Original length in metres

370 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Intertitles languages

Czech

Opening/End credits languages

Czech