Mum

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production year

1958

Category

povídka

Genre

short-story, lyrical, poetic

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Original title

Maminka

Czech title

Maminka

English title

Mum

Synopsis

Sixty year old teacher Hynková lives alone in a small family villa. Her grown-up sons have their own lives and visit their mother only occasionally. The mother falls ill and dies. After the funeral, the sons take a walk in the winter garden and remember their youth.

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