Small Values

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production year

1944

Runtime

15 min

Category

film

Genre

agitprop

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Malé hodnoty

Czech title

Malé hodnoty

English title

Small Values

Protectorate parallel title

Kleine Werte

Synopsis

Šťovíček, an official, agrees to allow a film crew to film one day in his life. Taking him as an example, the film shows how wasteful we can be without realising it. We can get dressed in the morning in the dusky light, since switching on a lightbulb would waste electricity. We also waste a lot of water when washing. Mr Šťovíček also adds wood to the stove, even though the temperature in the room is 20 degrees. He throws the paper wrapping from his sandwiches in the bin when it could be used as scrap paper. Too many matches are used to light one cigarette. Mr Šťovíček gets ready for a meeting and, in addition to his lamp, he also turns on the overhead light while he is shaving. He puts on a clean shirt even though washing his last one will necessitate the use of water and electricity.

Cast

Václav Trégl

Šťovíček

Ota Motyčka

zámečník

Jiřina Řeřichová

Crew and creators

Director of Photography

Josef Rudolf Zika

Sound Designer

Josef Zavadil

Production Manager

Jiří Stichenwirth

Music

Music Composed by

Mirko Příhoda

Production info

Original Title

Malé hodnoty

Czech Title

Malé hodnoty

English Title

Small Values

Protectorate Parallel Title

Kleine Werte

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

agitprop

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1944

Production Year

1944

Production specifications

date of censorship 27 October 1944 (predikáty „lidově vzdělavatelský film“, „uznáníhodný film“ a „film pro Den hrdinů“)
withdrawal from distribution 18 May 1945

Premiere

premiere 10/1944 /suitable for youths/

Production

Centralfilm

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Distribution

Centralfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

15 min

Original length in metres

406 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Tobis – Klang

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech, German