When the Leaving Examination Is Truancy

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1973

Production year

1973

Premiere

26 October 1973

Runtime

69 min

Category

povídkový film

Genre

short-story

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Maturita za školou

Czech title

Maturita za školou

English title

When the Leaving Examination Is Truancy

Working title

Když něco končí, tak něco začíná / Za školou je maturita

Summary

This episodic film from 1973 provided a creative canvas for three emerging directors. Each of its three stories gives an account of a young man’s approach to arranging his life. Básník (The Poet) describes the first professional steps taken by a young poet (an early role for Oldřich Kaiser). It was directed by Jaromír Hník, who did not pursue his directing career any further. Reprezentant (The National Team Member), directed by Jaromír Borek, is an account of a talented table tennis player who has to re-sit his maths exam (the lead role was actually played by real-life table tennis star Milan Orlowski). The protagonist of the Bíbr Grizzly (Bearded Weirdie Grizzly) story, directed by Jaromír Dvořáček, is a tramp who finds a new meaning to life among young pioneers. Pytagorejci (The Pythagoreans), an overly long slapstick comedy too different in genre from the other stories, was directed by Tomáš Svoboda, but it did not make the final cut and is considered lost.

Synopsis

Four short stories.

Production info

Original Title

Maturita za školou

Czech Title

Maturita za školou

English Title

When the Leaving Examination Is Truancy

Working Title

Když něco končí, tak něco začíná / Za školou je maturita

Category

povídkový film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

short-story

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1973

Production Year

1973

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 10 July 1972
start of filming 24 July 1972
technical Screenplay approved 22 August 1972 (povídka Reprezentant)
technical Screenplay approved 14 December 1972 (povídka Bíbr Grizzly)
technical Screenplay approved 30 January 1973 (povídka Básník)
end of filming 20 April 1973
projection approval 28 May 1973

Premiere

premiere 26 October 1973 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 1 November 1973 /suitable for youths/ (kino Paříž, Praha)

Creative Group

Dramaturgická skupina Oty Hofmana, Ota Hofman (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny), Výrobní skupina Věry Kadlecové, Věra Kadlecová (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

69 min

Original length in metres

1 960 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech