The Senior Lecturer Rising (Fumbling in the Dark)

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1970

Production year

1969—1970

Runtime

23 min

Category

povídka

Genre

short-story, mystery

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Vznášející se docent (Tápání)

Czech title

Vznášející se docent (Tápání)

English title

The Senior Lecturer Rising (Fumbling in the Dark)

Synopsis

An old bachelor, a senior lecturer working in a research institute, is pursued by the attentive care of a young pretty cleaning lady named Anežka. But one day, the face of an attractive blonde appears on the screen of his scientific appliance. The pretty girl visits his study immediately afterwards, claiming to have been appointed his assistant. If the blond-haired Markéta is absent in the study, she at least keeps on reappearing on the senior lecture's screen. The embarrassed man consults the case with his friend who is a psychiatrist, but he cuts him short. The senior lecturer comes to the conclusion he loves Markéta, decides to ask her to marry him, but soon finds the girl in the arms of the Head of the Institute. He has arrived at his final decision - to go up through the elevator shaft to the greenhouse where Anežka is watering her flowers.

Production info

Original Title

Vznášející se docent (Tápání)

Czech Title

Vznášející se docent (Tápání)

English Title

The Senior Lecturer Rising (Fumbling in the Dark)

Category

povídka

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

short-story, mystery

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1970

Production Year

1969—1970

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

23 min

Original length in metres

652 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 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