The Double

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1973

Production year

1973

Runtime

15 min

Category

film

Genre

sci-fi

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Dvojník

Czech title

Dvojník

English title

The Double

Synopsis

Two men, Braling and Smith, plan to go out to party but end up going back to the Braling's flat. Braling confesses to his friend Smith that he has given his wife sleeping pills, and that he has a big surprise for him. He confides in Smith again about his enduring desire to visit Tahiti and escape the suffocating love of his wife, who does not understand him. He has already bought a ticket and plans to leave the next day to spend a month on the island of his dreams. Then he invites another person into the room. Smith is flabbergasted, for the man who enters the room in indistinguishable from his friend. Braling laughingly explains to Smith that what he sees is a robot created from bio plastic, a sample from a new test series. Smith listens to the sound of the electronic "heart" in the robot's chest. Smith then returns home to his beloved Líza. When he is suddenly drawn to place his ear to the chest of the sleeping woman, he is horrified to hear the same electronic sound. In the meantime, his friend has become involved in a heated argument with the robot, which refuses to return to the freezing box. It has fallen in love with its owner's wife and wants to take her to Tahiti. The two get into a fight. The robot aims a gun at the man and coolly informs him that he will now have the opportunity to personally test the comfort of the freezing box.

Cast

Petr Haničinec

Braling/robot

Lubomír Lipský

přítel Smith

Crew and creators

Based on

Ray Bradbury (Dvojník – povídka)

Director of Photography

Nevenka Redžić

Production Designer

Oldřich Okáč

Film Editor

J. Boháčová

Production Manager

Karel Fiala

Pedagogical management

Jiří Sequens (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Jan Kučera (střihová skladba)

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Music Advisor

Ivo Bláha

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

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

15 min

Original length in metres

428 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