Carp under the Counter
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Kapr na černoCzech title
Kapr na černoEnglish title
Carp under the CounterSynopsis
Small Honza admires his older brother, who is supposed to join the army soon. The family lives at the outskirts of the city, at the receding strip of opencast mine and their solitary house sticks out in the middle of a demolition. Honza is secretly lending a fishing rod belonging to his brother, but in the small ponds reminding of bigger puddles he does not catch anything. His brother makes him happy when he takes him on a motorbike to fish further from the city. But the strange fishermen on the flat-bottomed boat in the middle of the beautiful pond use "an explosive for "fishing" and many dead fish float on the water. The brother has a farewell gathering with his friends in the pub. Then he generously gives his fishing rod to Honza. He also tells him that in the nearby pond lives the last big carp. The brother, by regular feeding of bread, taught him to come near. Honza starts fishing, while an old worker from the caravan at the pond shore is laughing at him. The carp really takes, but it is strong and it pulls the rod out from Honza’s hands. The worker helps him, but he keeps the fish. The sad boy, dirty with mud, returns home. A new aquarium is waiting there for him.
Photos
Cast
Jan Kreidl
Honza
Kateřina Urbancová
holčička
Jiří Chlumský
Honzův bratr
Dana Balounová
Honzova matka
Jindřich Janda
dělník v maringotce
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Ota Pavel (Dlouhá míle – povídka ze sbírky Jak jsem potkal ryby)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Ludvík Ráža (režie), Vladimír Blažek, Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Hana Bezrouková
Cooperation
Marek Bican, Jiří Chlumský, Kateřina Kachtíková, Marta Karoliová, Ivo Novotný
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Po potoce chodila
Singer Kateřina Urbancová
Production info
Original Title
Kapr na černo
Czech Title
Kapr na černo
English Title
Carp under the Counter
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
14 min
Original length in metres
400 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
Vítěz
Exhibition: 1. přehlídka filmařského mládí v rámci soutěže Studentské a umělecké a odborné činnosti Praha
1983
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Milan Šteindler
