Departure

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1979

Production year

1979

Runtime

11 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Odlet

Czech title

Odlet

English title

Departure

Synopsis

A normal announcement by a pilot in a plane is interrupted by the voice of a man who orders the crew to change course and fly to Munich. - Two young men order a taxi one night in Prague. The next day, the injured driver is found by chance in the woods. Reports of the assaulted taxi driver's testimony appear in the papers. Inside an anchored houseboat, the older of the two passengers is furious with the younger. The quarrel makes it clear that the two are stepbrothers. The elder is aggressive and cruel. He wanted to kill the robbed taxi driver to get rid of a potential witness. The younger brother took part in the robbery, but he has prevented the murder and wants to give up being a criminal. As the quarrel grows more serious, the elder brother kills the younger in cold blood. At the airport, passengers are boarding a small plane. The thief, now also a murderer, grabs hold of his hand luggage and walks towards the steps leading to the plane.

Cast

Jan Hartl

Jiří

Jiří Lábus

starší bratr

Crew and creators

Screenplay

Jaroslav Hanuš

Director of Photography

Josef Řeháček

Film Editor

Pavol Martiška

Production Manager

Ilona Jirásková

Pedagogical management

Antonín Kachlík (režie), Bořivoj Zeman (režie), Jiří Macháně (kamera), Jaromír Kučera, Vladimír Volf (produkce)

Production info

Original Title

Odlet

Czech Title

Odlet

English Title

Departure

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1979

Production Year

1979

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

11 min

Original length in metres

291 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