The Inn
Category
filmGenre
feuilletonTypology
documentarytheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
HostinecCzech title
HostinecEnglish title
The InnSummary
In Václav Táborský's film The Inn, the camera moves smoothly and subtly between a bar, wedding table, and a dance floor of several Czech pubs. While we watch cheerful and melancholic stages of drunkenness in the faces of their guests, we can wonder what alcohol and the pub environment meant or still means for social life in the Czech lands.
Synopsis
A funeral car pulls up in front of a restaurant and a young man and his baby in a stroller approach. People gather in the pub for various reasons. An innkeeper is tapping beers and pouring wine and hard liquor, guests are singing. Scenes filmed with a hidden camera are linked by open associations and take us to several Czech pubs where we witness typical pub situations. Children sent from home to buy beer come to the pub, somewhere people sing along with the sound of accordion, elsewhere they sit at a wedding table, dance modern dances, or play cards. Noise and clouds of cigarette smoke are omnipresent. The guests are getting more and more tired, some are sleeping right at the tables, the pubs are becoming empty. Finally, the young man picks up his baby in the stroller outside the restaurant and leaves.
Photos
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
archivní
Selected Music
Joseph Haydn (Symfonie č. 27 G dur)
Songs
Kde je sládek, tam je mládek
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Co jste, hasiči
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Na tý louce zelený
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Production info
Original Title
Hostinec
Czech Title
Hostinec
English Title
The Inn
Category
film
Typology
documentarytheatrical distribution
Genre
feuilleton
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1963
Production Year
1963
Production specifications
projection approval 22 December 1963
Premiere
premiere 1964 /suitable for youths/
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
10 min
Original length in metres
265 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
