The Fever of a Weekday

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1981

Production year

1981

Runtime

23 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Horečka všedního dne

Czech title

Horečka všedního dne

English title

The Fever of a Weekday

Synopsis

Ríša, a young man works strenuously, while an ageing Mr. Novák is just hanging around in the factory. In the evening, Ríša is looking over what is going on in the dance hall. He is small and the girl with whom he wants to dance, refuses him. Ríša is offered a new job by his foreman. Ríša makes love with Marie, Novak’s wife, but her husband catches them red-handed.

Cast

Roman Skamene

Richard zvaný Ríša

Vlastimil Bedrna

Karel Novák

Laďka Kozderková

Marie, Novákova žena

Ladislav Šimek

mistr Franta

Daniel Rous

vekslák

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Štefan Blažo

Film Editor

Petr Pavlíček

Production Manager

Josef Štambach

Pedagogical management

Václav Vorlíček (režie), Vladimír Blažek, Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Viola Zelenková (produkce)

Music

Selected Music

Ludwig van Beethoven (Symfonie č.5 c moll /Osudová/)

Songs

Čas není mým pánem

Song Composer Ladislav Čepelák
Writer of Lyrics Jaroslav Machek
Singer Jana Kratochvílová

Production info

Original Title

Horečka všedního dne

Czech Title

Horečka všedního dne

English Title

The Fever of a Weekday

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

3. ročník

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1981

Production Year

1981

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

23 min

Original length in metres

690 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

Awards

Nominace

Event: 54. ročník Ceny americké Akademie filmových věd a umění Oscar 1981

1982
Hollywood, Los Angeles / United States of America

Vítěz

Festival: 18. filmový festival mladých Trutnov

1981
Trutnov / Czechoslovakia