Return from Tripoli
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Návrat z TripolisuCzech title
Návrat z TripolisuEnglish title
Return from TripoliSynopsis
Engineer Kraus and his son Karel return from their two-year business trip in North-Africa, in Libya. Their Prague flat was in the meantime kept up by their neighbour to whom they have brought various gifts as well as for the student Markéta, Karel’s girlfriend. In the following days, Karel finds out that it will not be easy to return to his studies. He learned English abroad and probably expected that his exams from a Tripoli school would be acknowledged in his homecountry. Markéta is only two years older than Karel but she appears as a much more mature personality. Engineer Kraus arrives back at his work – a foreign-trade company. But, for some reason, his successor cannot go abroad to substitute him and he is thus asked to work in Africa for more years. Karel does not know whether he wants to stay in Prague at all, but he makes jealous scenes with Markéta. He eventually hitchhikes for a trip into the countryside. The father Kraus leaves the Prague flat with suitcases and it seems that Karel is leaving with him. Markéta comes after their departure and vainly rings the bell and bangs the door. Disappointed, she leaves in the lift which just passes by Karel climbing up the staircase, returning.
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Cast
Jan Kačer
Ing. Josef Kraus, pracovník zahraničního obchodu
Karel Vlček (2)
Karel, Krausův syn
Małgorzata Potocka
studentka Markéta
Miriam Hynková
sousedka Matylda Krpatovická
Lajos Horváth
absolvent medicíny
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
prodavačka v knihkupectví
Jana Kulendová
úřednice
Nina Tiliu
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Jaroslav Balík (režie), Otakar Fuka, Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Viola Zelenková (produkce)
Songs
Holubí dům
Song Composer Jaroslav Uhlíř
Writer of Lyrics Zdeněk Svěrák
Singer Jiří Schelinger
Také sa mi dievča páčí
Song Composer lidová slovenská píseň
Singer sbor
Production info
Original Title
Návrat z Tripolisu
Czech Title
Návrat z Tripolisu
English Title
Return from Tripoli
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1981
Production Year
1981
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
23 min
Original length in metres
643 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
