The Double
Category
filmGenre
sci-fiTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
DvojníkCzech title
DvojníkEnglish title
The DoubleSynopsis
Braling comes back home late at night. His wife is already asleep. Another person enters the room. It is a robot, indistinguishable from the man. It becomes clear from the conversation between the two that the man, frustrated by his wife's passionate but stifling love, has bought the robot to double for him in various situations. He is determined to fulfil his life-long dream and spend a month's holiday on Tahiti all by himself. The robot has been furnished with ordinary human desires and emotions. It has fallen in love with Braling's wife and does not want to return to its box when the month is over. The wife wakes up, and believes that her husband was on the phone with someone. He denies everything and returns from the bedroom to the living room. The robot informs him that it intends to go to Tahiti and take the beloved woman with it. Then it attacks and strangles Braling. Back in the bedroom, it lovingly caresses the sleeping woman.
Photos
Cast
Vladimír Brabec
Braling/robot
Alena Vránová
Bralingova manželka
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Ray Bradbury (Dvojník – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Josef Hubka, Ivo Špalj (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Jiří Sequens (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Jan Kučera (střihová skladba)
Music
Music Composed by
archivní
Music Advisor
Production info
Original Title
Dvojník
Czech Title
Dvojník
English Title
The Double
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
sci-fi
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1973
Production Year
1973
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
11 min
Original length in metres
315 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
