Lovers from the Chest

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1958

Production year

1958

Category

povídka

Genre

short-story

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Original title

Milenci z bedny

Czech title

Milenci z bedny

English title

Lovers from the Chest

Synopsis

Removal men left a large chest in the courtyard of a gallery house, thinking that sooner or later someone would surely take it. The chest becomes a dating place for the sweethearts Mirek and Fanča. Mirek draws the furniture of their "home" on the sides of the chest with a chalk. When a little boy and a little girl discover the chest they also want to live in it. Mirek lets them have it, but they have to promise him that they will get married. The children play at dad and mum inside the chest. The father reads the newspaper and the mother serves him. However, the girl can't get the marriage out of her head. She persuades the boy to go to the town hall with her where they join a real wedding. After the ceremony they even go on a wedding trip with their friend the taxi-driver. Finally, they come home exhausted. They get a spanking as punishment but they still have their retreat inside the chest.

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