He Saw Double
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Viděl dvojmoCzech title
Viděl dvojmoEnglish title
He Saw DoubleSynopsis
It is the end of the Second World War and we see the ruins of a bombarded town. The camera takes go back and so the bombs rise up from the ground. An airplane lands, reverses on the ground and a pilot climbs out of it backwards. It is a captain of the American air force, named Yossarian, who has had enough of everything and goes to the sick bay. He tells the doctor about his problem – he sees everything double. The tolerant doctor grasps what is going on as soon as he carries out a simple test: Yossarian sees two fingers whether the doctor shows him one finger, two fingers or a closed fist. The doctor tells Yossarian to rest and soon asks him for a favour in exchange. An American soldier of Italian origin who rests in the neighbouring bed, died of serious wounds before his family managed to come and say good bye to him. The captain is bandaged beyond recognition against his will. The arriving mother and father of the Italian soldier are rather startled, only the talkative brother John urges his supposed brother Giuseppe not to get pushed around and remain proud of his Italian origin. Yossarian’s sincere confession, that his name is not Guiseppe, is viewed as the hallucinations of a dying man. After some time, the doctor must return the captain back to the service. He advises him of a better diagnosis with a longer healing period – liver disease. Yossarian gets into his bomber again.
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Cast
František Skřípek
kapitán Yossarian
Rudolf Jelínek
lékař
Věra Kubánková
matka vojáka Giuseppeho
Karel Urbánek
otec vojáka Giuseppeho
Jan Hartl
John, bratr Giuseppeho
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Joseph Heller (Hlava XXII /Catch-22/ – román)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Jiří Sequens (režie), Jiří Macháně (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Jana Semschová, Hana Bezrouková
Cooperation
Martin Duba, Martin Feldek, Jiří Chlumský, Jaromír Kačer, Jan Mudra, Alena Müllerová, Paweł Trzaska
Music
Selected Music
Gioacchino Rossini (Vilém Tell /předehra/)
Songs
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Song Composer Harry Warren
Production info
Original Title
Viděl dvojmo
Czech Title
Viděl dvojmo
English Title
He Saw Double
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1983
Production Year
1983
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
12 min
Original length in metres
341 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
