Mirror Bureaucratic 2

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production year

1949

Runtime

13 min

Director

Hugo Huška

Category

film

Genre

agitprop

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

Czech title

Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

English title

Mirror Bureaucratic 2

Working title

Zrcadlo II. – byrokratické / Byrokratické zrcadlo

Synopsis

The authors of the Mirror visit an office where the people still behave the same as thirty years ago. The officers here create vicious circles around which they circulate documents accompanied by an increasing number of additional papers and enclosures. And although sharing a single office, they use the services of the local registry for this. We can, however, recognize the new, progressive workers among them who are trying to improve and accelerate the proceedings of the particular cases. Moreover, a place at one table is empty. The man who used to sit here exchanged the office for the factory hall and now is satisfied to operate a workshop crane.

Cast

Karel Effa

redaktor Karel

Ota Motyčka

úředník

Hynek Němec

jeřábník Kučera, dříve úředník

Josef Hlinomaz

zametající dělník Kučera

Jitka Frantová

sekretářka

Crew and creators

Director

Hugo Huška

Director of Photography

Pavel Hrdlička

Production Manager

Jan Paul

Music

Music Composed by

Harry Macourek

Production info

Original Title

Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

Czech Title

Zrcadlo byrokratické 2

English Title

Mirror Bureaucratic 2

Working Title

Zrcadlo II. – byrokratické / Byrokratické zrcadlo

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

agitprop

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1949

Production Year

1949

Production specifications

date of censorship 26 May 1949 (konec povolení k promítání 25. 5. 1954)

Premiere

premiere 06/1949 /suitable for youths/

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

13 min

Original length in metres

363 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