Autumn

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1935

Production year

1935

Runtime

20 min

Category

film

Genre

psychological, poetic

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Listopad

Czech title

Listopad

English title

Autumn

Protectorate parallel title

November

Synopsis

A man and woman who had once been very close six years before, meet in a tram. The man left, however, and never contacted her during all that time. He tells the woman that he has married, that he is successful in his work and that he has also become involved in political life. Only now does he apologise to her for having never contacting her. The woman is also now married. Finally, they say their goodbyes. The man gets off the tram and enters a company building. There he hands over his card and, after a lengthy wait, he is called into an office. The director sees from his papers that he has been unemployed for a year and he sends him to see his future superior.

Note

The film was released as a preview of the Soviet film New Gulliver.

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Otakar Vávra

Director of Photography

Alexander Hackenschmied

Film Editor

Otakar Vávra

Production Manager

Ladislav Kolda

Music

Music Composed by

E. F. Burian

Songs

Dám ti klíček od srdíčka

Song Composer lidová moravská píseň
Writer of Lyrics Edvard Valenta
Singer Maria Tauberová

Production info

Original Title

Listopad

Czech Title

Listopad

English Title

Autumn

Protectorate Parallel Title

November

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

psychological, poetic

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1935

Production Year

1935

Production specifications

date of censorship 10/1935
date of censorship 1 March 1940 (kulturně-výchovný)
date of censorship 1943 (predikáty „uznáníhodný film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
withdrawal from distribution 03/1945

Premiere

premiere 22 November 1935 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Kotva /3 týdny/, Praha)

Production

Lloyd

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Lloyd

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

20 min

Original length in metres

560 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,19

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech