Dahome
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
DahomeCzech title
DahomeEnglish title
DahomeSynopsis
The young Klára is on the verge of pubescence. She does not receive much love at home. Her parents are primitive and coarse people who constantly fight with each other and are only little interested in their daughter. The reclusive girl goes to watch the beautiful horses kept near her town. She becomes fond of the mare Dahome. The stable caretaker teaches Klára horsemanship and takes her out for rides. But the girl slowly matures and the man gets aroused at her presence. One day, the two drive the horse herd into the stables in the pouring rain and the man tries to rape the girl. The wrestling Klára is saved by Dahome who frees itself from the harness and thus interrupts the man. The desperately weeping Klára runs home in the heavy rain. She falls down into a deep puddle on a muddy road, finding out that her hand is wounded and bleeding. She keeps sitting in the muddy water and moans loudly.
Photos
Cast
Gabriela Hyrmanová
Klára Benadová
Dana Hlaváčová
matka
Josef Houba
otec
Milan Drotár
Voice by Jiří Zahajský
správce stáje
Alena Kreuzmannová
učitelka klavíru
Marie Kloučková
trafikantka
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jaromíra Kolárová (Dahome – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Consultant
Jiří Brixi, Růžena Brixiová
Pedagogical management
Václav Vorlíček (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Viola Zelenková (produkce)
Cooperation
Helena Daňhelová, Pierre Cholbi, Boris Jurech, Jaroslav Kratochvíl, Marie Loucká, MUDr. Jaroslav Prokopec, Stanislav Řezníček, MUDr. Jiří Skřivánek, Marie Štorkánová
Songs
L'amour est bleu /Má láska je bílá/
Song Composer André Popp
Zánovní růže
Song Composer Jeremiah Clarke
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Suchý
Singer Hana Hegerová
Production info
Original Title
Dahome
Czech Title
Dahome
English Title
Dahome
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1982
Production Year
1982
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
20 min
Original length in metres
569 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 19. filmový festival mladých Trutnov
1984
Trutnov / Czechoslovakia
