One and One Equals Two
Category
filmGenre
feuilleton, inquiryTypology
documentarytheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
Jeden a jedna jsou dvaCzech title
Jeden a jedna jsou dvaEnglish title
One and One Equals TwoWorking title
InzerátySummary
Václav Táborský's documentary short film One and One Equals Two is about relationships between men and women, the problems of meeting someone and other ways of dating – advertisements and dating agencies that help people to find a partner.
Synopsis
A lonely young man is taken out of his loneliness by noisy wedding guests walking down the corridor of his house. A forest worker got to know his life partner through the Vlasta magazine. Among the hundreds of women who responded to a printed letter describing his problem of finding a companion to live with him in his remote house was the man's current wife. In the highly populated towns, people also have difficulty finding a compatible partner. In places with large factories, such as Varnsdorf, Náchod, Prostějov, it is mainly women who work. The reporter interviews several young girls about this topic. Young men in places with few girls, such as Příbram, Ostrava or Kladno, have similar difficulties. In an arranged scene called The Modern Abduction of the Sabine Women, one possible but unrealistic solution to the problem is presented – the forced relationships of women and single young men. Far better is the use of advertising or coming to the dating agencies, that work successfully abroad, even with the help of cyber machines. The lonely young man from the opening of the film is now happily married and surrounded by several relatives from his wife's family.
Photos
Cast
Jan Pohan
reportér
Jiří Menzel
osamělý mladík Kaláb
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Commentary by
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Gita Galanová, Bohumila Šimečková
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
archivní
Selected Music
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Svatební pochod)
Songs
Ej, od Buchlova
Singer Jiří Menzel
Voice by mužský hlas
Production info
Original Title
Jeden a jedna jsou dva
Czech Title
Jeden a jedna jsou dva
English Title
One and One Equals Two
Working Title
Inzeráty
Category
film
Typology
documentarytheatrical distribution
Genre
feuilleton, inquiry
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1965
Production Year
1965
Production specifications
projection approval 8 April 1965
Premiere
premiere 1965 /suitable for youths/
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Laboratories
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
11 min
Original length in metres
295 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, commentary
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
