The Goblin
Category
filmGenre
short-storyTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
HastrmanCzech title
HastrmanEnglish title
The GoblinSynopsis
The old-worldly gentleman Mr. Rybář is a slightly funny figure in the Lesser Town, and is rudely nicknamed The Goblin because of his short green coat. But the people know that he owns an extremely valuable collection of precious stones. The boys from the Lesser Town are admiring a beautiful sailing boat model in the shop-keeper Vitouš's window, but it costs two guldens and they can't afford it. The nephew of Mr Rybář, little Honzík Šajvl, is boasting that his uncle could easily buy the boat. The boys make fun of his eccentric relative and their quarrel ends in a fight. Mr Rybář becomes an accidental witness of their argument and promises Honzík that he will buy the boat. He chooses the most precious pieces from his collection and goes to offer them for sale. But a grammar school teacher tells him these are just ordinary minerals of practically no value at all. The vexed old man starts destroying his collection. However, Honzík's parents explain to him that they have known for a long time that the stones were worthless, and that they care for him and respect him for his warm and kind heart.
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Cast
Eduard Kohout
Rybář zvaný Hastrman
František Hanus
Šajvl
Jiřina Steimarová
Šajvlova žena
Miloš Kopecký
Viktor Muehlewenzel, profesor přírodopisu
Václav Wasserman
kupec Vitouš
Vladimír Pucholt
Vojta
Vladimír Bejval
Honzík Šajvl, Rybářův synovec
J. Hanzlík
kluk
B. Hladký
kluk
V. Juliš
kluk
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Vladimír Svitáček, Zdenka Pavlíčková
Based on
Jan Neruda (Hastrman – povídka ze sbírky Povídky malostranské)
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Jaroslav Skrbek
Make-Up Artist
Sound Designer
Titles Designed by
Jaroslav Skrbek
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Václav Wasserman (režie), Václav Huňka (kamera), Vladimír Novotný (kamera), Antonín Zelenka (střih)
Production info
Original Title
Hastrman
Czech Title
Hastrman
English Title
The Goblin
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
short-story
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1955
Production Year
1954
Production specifications
start of filming 09/1954
end of filming 10/1954
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
15 min
Original length in metres
429 meters
Distribution carrier
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
