Do You Want to Kill?

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production year

1988

Premiere

6 April 1988

Runtime

28 min

Category

film

Genre

educational

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Chceš zabít?

Czech title

Chceš zabít?

English title

Do You Want to Kill?

Working title

AIDS

Synopsis

Daniel, the sound engineer for a rock band, has health problems, feels weak and sweats a lot. At night he is tortured by a dream about his girlfriend, dressed in black, accompanied by a little girl, walking through an alley, perhaps to a graveyard gate. Daniel once had many girls, until he learned that his girlfriend is pregnant. He had one-night stands with girls – the fans and with other members of the rock group. He always believed the risk of AIDS did not apply to him. He considered it a problem for homosexuals, prostitutes and drug-addicts. But Nora, a vivid girl and Daniel’s new acquaintance has slept with his friends, including some who shot drugs. In the bar Daniel met a friend whom he knows is a homosexual. The unhappy young man tells him how he longs for a stable relationship. Also he had a sexual experience with Nora, who needed proof she was able to seduce anybody. Daniel’s friend, who is a doctor warns him that the danger of AIDS concerns everybody, not just the risk groups, but also heterosexuals with risky behaviour. On top of that, there is no effective cure – maybe in five, ten, or twenty years. Daniel, who does not want to endanger his beloved girl and the expected baby, decides to undertake thorough tests in a laboratory.

Cast

Martin Zahálka

zvukař Daniel Čech

Isabela Siegelová

Danielova dívka

Tomáš Volák

hudebník

Vladimír Zatloukal

hudebník

Jan Ivan Wünsch

hudebník

Luděk Šipla

hudebník

doc. MUDr. Václav Červenka CSc.

Voice by Jiří Zahajský
lékař

Jiří Kováč

Crew and creators

Dramaturg

Jiří Gold

Director of Photography

Karel Machoň

Camera Operator

Dominik Miškovský

Assistent Production Designer

Petr Pištěk

Make-Up Artist

Nevena Thielová

Sound Designer

Jan Štorek

Production Manager

Radomír Hubáček

Consultant

prof. MUDr. Jiří Havlík DrSc., doc. MUDr. Lubomír Syruček CSc., Slavomil Hubálek, prof. MUDr. Jan Šejda DrSc.

Cooperation

Jiří Gruss, Karel Holešák, Alena Chybová, Irena Pauerová, Miroslav Hadinec, Jaroslav Toms, Valerie Včelaříková

Music

Music Composed by

Michal Ambrož

Songs

Špinavá záda

Song Composer Michal Ambrož
Writer of Lyrics Michal Ambrož
Singer Hudba PrahaMichal Ambrož

Production info

Original Title

Chceš zabít?

Czech Title

Chceš zabít?

English Title

Do You Want to Kill?

Working Title

AIDS

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

educational

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production Year

1988

Premiere

premiere 6 April 1988 /suitable for youths/ (promítací síň Krátkého filmu Jilská ulice, Praha)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Production

KF Praha, Studio účelových filmů, Ústav zdravotní výchovy (zadavatel)

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

28 min

Original length in metres

785 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 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: 15. festival zdravotnických filmů Podbořany

1988
Podbořany / Czechoslovakia