The Hunt
Category
filmGenre
slapstickTypology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
ŠtvaniceCzech title
ŠtvaniceEnglish title
The HuntSummary
The story of the nurse, who struggles hard to get two elderly men into bed and succedes at the end.
Synopsis
A patient dies in a hospital. Two old patients, named Čílek and Pravda, who remain in the room, deal with it in different ways. One puts on a suit and tie over his pyjamas and mourns. The other searches through the abandoned bedside table and greedily pounces on an unfinished roasted chicken leg. But an unmerciful nurse cracks down on the two men equally. She tears the food from the old man’s hand and throws it into the waste basket. The other man is equally rudely stripped off his suit and tie. A painting featuring a deer hunt hangs on the wall. The two old men like it – the animal has a mortal anguish in its eyes – and they prevent the nurse from removing it from the wall. The three people’s movements are like a fight. Although the patients eventually manage to save and hang onto the work of art, it is clear anyway who will always have the upper hand.
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Cast
Ester Palkostková
zdravotní sestra
Karel Kalina
pacient Čílek
Zdeněk Matik
pacient Pravda
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Věra Chytilová (režie), Vladimír Skall (zvuk), Drahomíra Vihanová, Richard Valenta, Jan Čuřík, Otakar Fuka, Jiří Beránek
Cooperation
František Kölbel, Jan Krofta, Bára Lhotáková, Pavel Marek, Pavel Rejholec, Martin Radimecký, Roman Včelák
Production info
Original Title
Štvanice
Czech Title
Štvanice
English Title
The Hunt
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
slapstick
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1992
Production Year
1992
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
7 min
Original length in metres
158 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
