Hands
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
RuceCzech title
RuceEnglish title
HandsSynopsis
Sixteen years old Al finished his school attendance. His ever fighting parents force him to find a job. Al admires his father. Although his father is often unemployed but he takes part in trade unions actions actively. He tells Al about things which he learnt from books and newspapers. He tells him about the Russian revolution that everybody was dragged to the wall and who had white collar hands was taken up or shot in these times. Al finds an apprentice job in a workshop where Bernard works too as an apprentice. Bernard is promoted and works at the machines and Al sweeps the floor mainly. Bernard is not especially clever, but Al considers him to be his friend. They both have a dream - Al would like to have a moped and Bernard would like to have a gramophone. One day Bernard offers to Al that he can buy his moped which he never mentioned before. Al bargains for a while about the price but in the end he accepts the conditions and then he sets out gladly for his first ride. But he loses his moped immediately. The real owner of the moped recognizes it on the street. Moreover, he beats him up. Al reveals to his father that he did not give Bernard in, and he better said he had borrowed the abandoned moped for a ride. But Al does not get his money back from the thief as Bernard was taken in for another crime.
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Cast
Jan Kraus
učedník Al
Miriam Kantorková
matka
Josef Vondráček
otec
Jan Hodek
učeň Bernard
Jiří Hálek
mistr
Vladimír Merta
majitel mopedu
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Alan Sillitoe (Ruce – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Antonín Kachlík (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Vladimír Volf (produkce)
Cooperation
Niksa Blajić, Josip Klarica, Jaroslav Machocký, Jozefína Petrášová
Music
Music Composed by
archivní
Music Advisor
Songs
Corina Corina
Song Composer skupina Brooks & Dunn
Writer of Lyrics skupina Brooks & Dunn
Singer skupina Brooks & Dunn
Production info
Original Title
Ruce
Czech Title
Ruce
English Title
Hands
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1973
Production Year
1973
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
18 min
Original length in metres
498 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
