Lost Position

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production year

1956

Runtime

14 min

Director

Pavel Hobl

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Ztracená posice

Czech title

Ztracená posice

English title

Lost Position

Synopsis

The actors of the Regional Municipal Theatre Ronov are getting ready for the stage. The young actor Jan is making plain his annoyance. At school, he was considered the most talented student, and now he feels his abilities are too good for a regional theatre. An old actor who is carefully making his face up does not understand Jan's slovenly approach. Jan is also envious of his young colleague who was offered a contract with a Prague theatre. But, to his surprise, the colleague decides to stay in the regional theatre with his wife who acts in the same engagement. The young colleague talks about the countryside viewers in the auditorium who are visibly looking forward to the performance. The standpoint of his colleagues give Jan a big lesson. He makes himself up carefully and leaves with the others for the stage.

Cast

Bedřich Vrbský

starý herec

Milan Jonáš

mladý herec

Eugenie Podhorská

herečka

Crew and creators

Director

Pavel Hobl

Director of Photography

Jiří Vojta

Film Editor

František Mudra

Production Manager

Miroslava Jasná, Olga Lisková

Pedagogical management

Václav Gajer (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)

Songs

Když se ten Tálínskej rybník nahání

Singer Milan Jonáš

Production info

Original Title

Ztracená posice

Czech Title

Ztracená posice

English Title

Lost Position

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1956

Production Year

1956

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

14 min

Original length in metres

385 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