Jáchym's Death
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Jáchymova smrtCzech title
Jáchymova smrtEnglish title
Jáchym's DeathSynopsis
The old sailor, Jáchym, used to be a king of the sea. Towards the end of his life he ruled mainly in harbour pubs. Now he’s passed away and his embarrassed relatives are standing in the chapel around his coffin. They are glad when three pals of the dead man come and are willing to sit up at the coffin. They pass a banknote and a bottle of alcohol to the sailors. The drunken men let the dead man also drink and, when they see it is not comfortable how he is lying, they set him up. In the end, they decide to take him one more time to the pub. There they are vividly welcome, especially by one of the tarts. The drunken company does not even notice there is a dead man among them. There is a fight in the pub, the fighters push the chair and Jáchym’s body falls on the ground. At dawn Jachym’s companions carry him back to the coffin, accompanied by the entire jolly pub.
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Cast
Václav Kaňkovský
nebožtík Jáchym
Zdeněk Dušek
kamarád
Zdeněk Kutil
kamarád
Vida Skalská
dívka v hostinci
Ivan Franěk
kamarád s žábou
Karel Houska
příbuzný
Jaromír Kučera
podomní obchodník
I. Adamec
J. Jeep Horáček
J. Coufal
posluchači DAMU
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Jorge Amado (Staří námořníci /Os velhos marinheiros/ – kniha)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Film Editor
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Ludmila Štefka
Pedagogical management
Otakar Fuka, Antonín Kachlík (režie), Jiří Macháně (kamera), Josef Valušiak (střih)
Production info
Original Title
Jáchymova smrt
Czech Title
Jáchymova smrt
English Title
Jáchym's Death
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1987
Production Year
1987
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
12 min
Original length in metres
333 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
