Hatred
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1960Production year
1960Premiere
4 October 1963Runtime
25 minDirector
Hynek BočanCategory
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
NenávistCzech title
NenávistEnglish title
HatredWorking title
Nejlepší střelecSynopsis
It is the most difficult period of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. After the assassination of Acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Heydrich the public address system continually announces the names of people who have been arrested for "approving" this action. Three laughing students attract the attention of an informer who overhears a joke about the hard-working German nation who ploughed the whole of Empire with one ox. The informer immediately tells the Gestapo about the student who told the joke and Vašek, one of the students, is arrested. His two friends inform his father. The downtrodden and cautious clerk, Mr Babánek, decides to go to the Gestapo headquarters to intercede for his son. There, standing before them in humiliation, he apologizes for his son's foolishness and begs for tolerance. A few days later he receives an official document - the invoice for his son's execution and cremation. Babánek's fear turns to hatred and a desire for revenge. He begins visiting fairs and practises at the shooting galleries. The former Sergeant Mrázek also teaches him how to shoot. A revolution breaks out in Prague in the spring of 1945. When weapons are being handed out everyone shoves the inconspicuous old man out of the way. Babánek gets his opportunity when he finds himself in a street where an SS man is firing with a machine gun. He takes a gun off a wounded man, he aims carefully and, with a single shot, he silences the German machine gunner. The lone old man then walks away with the gun on his shoulders.
Note
The film was screened in distribution with the films The Dynamite Watcher and Footsteps under the joint title of The Dynamite Watcher.
Photos
Cast
Bohuš Záhorský
úředník Václav Babánek
Miroslav Nohýnek
student Vašek, Babánkův syn
Alexandr Postler
Tonda, Vaškův spolužák
Petr Kostka
Karel, Vaškův spolužák
Martin Růžek
úředník Tomek
Bohumil Bezouška
bývalý četař Lojza Mrázek
Eduard Dubský
poručík
Jan Skopeček
muž s puškou
Jiří Smutný
gestapák
Josef Koza
Josef Kozel, majitel střelnice
Zdeněk Řehoř
úředník Urbánek
Viola Zinková
Tomková
Jiří Štíbr
mladík s puškou
Jan Neumayer
muž v helmě
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jan Drda (Nenávist – povídka ze sbírky Němá barikáda)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Jan Černý, Viktor Knap (vedoucí výrobního štábu), Karel Vejřík (vedoucí výrobního štábu)
Consultant
Pedagogical management
František Daniel (dramaturgie), Miroslav Hubáček (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera)
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Bedřich Smetana (Má vlast /Vltava/)
Production info
Original Title
Nenávist
Czech Title
Nenávist
English Title
Hatred
Working Title
Nejlepší střelec
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
drama
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1960
Production Year
1960
Production specifications
projection approval 12 February 1963
withdrawal from distribution 31 August 1976
Premiere
premiere 27 September 1963 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 4 October 1963 /suitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
25 min
Original length in metres
700 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
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 5. mezinárodní festival dokumentárních a experimentálních filmů Montevideo
1962
Montevideo / Uruguay
Vítěz
Festival: 3. festival českých a slovenských filmů Ostrava
1961
Ostrava / Czechoslovakia
Vítěz
Festival: 3. festival českých a slovenských filmů Ostrava
1961
Ostrava / Czechoslovakia
