Brat

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1991

Production year

1991

Runtime

14 min

Director

Aleš Kapsa

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Fagan

Czech title

Fagan

English title

Brat

Synopsis

The only child Francek must be constantly punished by his mother in spite of all her love. He indulges in one mischief after another. The usual broom flagellation follows when he hits a cock pecking at his snack with his catapult. The father advocates Francek and gives his son three kreuzers to prove his trust in him, sending him to get tobacco. But Francek stops by the boys betting on cards and soon loses the money. He moreover loses more money which he borrowed. The other boys are angry, too, but Francek is also apparently unlucky. When the boys’ gang poaches pikes in a pool, a gamekeeper shows up. The boys run in all directions, but only Francek is caught and slapped by the gamekeeper. He knows that he will be punished at home as well. He hides and does not come home at night. His parents are worried and even the neighbours eventually help with looking for him. Francek would like to be finally respected and praised, but it is just wishful thinking again. His mum finds him in his shelter and the result is the usual punishment.

Cast

Anna Slezáková

matka Francka

Otto Ondra

otec Francka

Lubor Tokoš

myslivec/hastrman

Michal Daněk

kluk

Libor Pavlík

kluk

Vladimír Šamánek

kluk

Marek Morávek

kluk

Petr Janča

kluk

Roman Tesař

kluk

Patrik Tomšej

kluk

Libor Frank

kluk

Dušan Dvořák

kluk

Aleš Dvořák

kluk

Crew and creators

Director

Aleš Kapsa

Director of Photography

Kim Chol

Sound Designer

Jiří Vodárek

Production Manager

Ivan Vakaráč

Cooperation

Zuzana Kakánková, Miroslav Milosavljević, Aleš Nejedlý, Ústav lidové kultury Strážnice, Zdeněk Zvonek

Production info

Original Title

Fagan

Czech Title

Fagan

English Title

Brat

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1991

Production Year

1991

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

14 min

Original length in metres

389 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