About a Boy Who Searched for the End of the World

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production year

1958

Category

povídka

Genre

short-story, lyrical, poetic

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Original title

O chlapci, který hledal konec světa

Czech title

O chlapci, který hledal konec světa

English title

About a Boy Who Searched for the End of the World

Working title

Chlapec

Synopsis

It is spring and little Joska and his friends are looking for the end of the world. He observes the miracles of nature with admiration and waits for his father to bring his mother home with his new-born sister. He imagines the sister differently in his dream but he still welcomes his mother with a bunch of primroses.

Technical info

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