Hunting the Ducks
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmmediumOriginal title
Lov na kachnyCzech title
Lov na kachnyEnglish title
Hunting the DucksSynopsis
A pretty girl, Irena, comes by mistake to the office of the Technical Information Centre. Viktor Zídek, who works in the Centre, immediately makes a date with her. He is not stopped even by a phone call from his wife, Kateřina, who tells him that she expects a baby. Viktor’s and Kateřina’s marriage has not been happy for a long time. Some time has passed since the years in love and Viktor spends more and more time with other women. Kateřina wants to break up with him, but Viktor does not want to allow that, although he is dating further with Irena, who does not know that he is married. Nor is Kateřina firmly decided, as she still loves Viktor. Viktor’s father dies. Viktor goes to the pub to drink away his sorrow, Irena comes here too. Kateřina finds out, as she brought clothes for the funeral to him at the pub. Kateřina leaves forever and she locks Viktor in the flat. Behind the locked door, Viktor confesses love to Kateřina again and he even wants to take her duck hunting. Irena hears his confession of love. Viktor invites Irena, his colleague Petr, his boss and his wife to a restaurant. There he gets drunk and he offends them all. In the morning, a messenger brings a funeral wreath with a dedication "prematurely burnt away at work and in life from sad friends". Viktor wants to shoot himself, but his friend stops him. Viktor aims the gun at his friend, but then throws him out. Then he starts laughing... or crying?
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Cast
Jan Vlasák
Ing. Viktor Zídek
Taťána Fischerová
Kateřina, Zídkova žena
Jiří Kodeš
číšník Michal
Jana Leichtová
Irena
Břetislav Slováček
Petr Kubec, Viktorův kolega
Václav Bouška
Kůstka, vedoucí Střediska technichnických informací
Hana Čížková
Věra, Petrova žena
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Alexandr Valentinovič Vampilov (Lov na kachny /Utinaja ochota/ – divadelní hra)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Jaroslav Balík (režie), Otakar Fuka, Jan Kališ (kamera), Josef Valušiak (střih), Hana Bezrouková
Cooperation
Music
Selected Music
Leoš Janáček (V mlhách /1.věta Andante/)
Songs
Já mám ráda boogie
Song Composer Rolf Soja
Writer of Lyrics Miroslav Černý
Singer Věra Špinarová
Chci tě líbat
Song Composer Carole Bayer SagerAlbert Hammond
Writer of Lyrics Eduard Krečmar
Singer Václav Neckář
Production info
Original Title
Lov na kachny
Czech Title
Lov na kachny
English Title
Hunting the Ducks
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1981
Production Year
1981
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
37 min
Original length in metres
1 044 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
