September 1938

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1978

Production year

1978

Runtime

14 min

Director

Jan Kubišta

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Září 38

Czech title

Září 38

English title

September 1938

Synopsis

Sudeten groups of ordners (Nazi commandos) armed with shot guns rush through a forest. The Sudeten lands, separated from Czechoslovakia, have already been abandoned by Czech citizens, who suffered from the German terror. A young couple Mary and Hermann live in a lonely cottage, hoping to be safe. Despite Mary's mother was Czech, she speaks German, waiting, together with her husband, for annexation of the territory to Germany. Three ordners enter the house. Asked by her husband, Mary gets each of them a drink. Commander Otto Halke looks friendly, but he starts to harass Mary. In defending her, Hermann is punched and faints... When he comes around, the ordners are gone. Mary is sitting at the table, with her face injured and her dress torn apart. Hermann finds a hidden shot gun and goes out. However, the ordners wait for him in the forest and shoot him dead.

Note

School excercise of a III-year film direction study.

Cast

Antonín Procházka

Hermann, Mariin muž

Oldřich Vlach

Otto Halke

Vítězslav Bojanovský

ordner

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Kubišta

Screenstory

Jan Kubišta

Director of Photography

Martin Benoni

Second Unit Photography

Martin Vadas

Film Editor

Jan Sládek

Production Manager

Evelyna Vrbová

Pedagogical management

Vladimír Volf (produkce), Alois Fišárek (střih), Jan Kališ (kamera), Jaroslav Hužera, Bořivoj Zeman (režie)

Music

Music Performed by

Luboš Fidler, Jan Kubišta

Production info

Original Title

Září 38

Czech Title

Září 38

English Title

September 1938

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

drama

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1978

Production Year

1978

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

14 min

Original length in metres

392 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