Mouthful
Category
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
SoustoCzech title
SoustoEnglish title
MouthfulWorking title
Závod / Druhé kolo / ChlébSynopsis
At the end of the Second World War, a train with concentration camp prisoners is waiting on the platform. Three wretched men are thinking how to reach the bread carriage that is standing near by. They need to get stronger before their planned escape. An armed German soldier guards the bread and in his patrol loses sight of the train with prisoners for a short while. The prisoners calculate the time they need to get the bread. One of them who draws the chance for the task manages to get hold of a large loaf but on the way back the soldier notices him and knocks him to the ground. But the prisoner throws the bread under their carriage and his friends manage to hide it. Then they drag the wounded man over carefully. Now they can all make an attempt to escape together.
Photos
Cast
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Based on
Arnošt Lustig (Druhé kolo – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Václav Wasserman (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce), Josef Dobřichovský (střih)
Cooperation
Richard Weber, Eva Passerová, Jan Balzer, František Uldrich, Milana Melcerová
Music
Selected Music
Production info
Original Title
Sousto
Czech Title
Sousto
English Title
Mouthful
Working Title
Závod / Druhé kolo / Chléb
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
drama
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1960
Production Year
1960
Premiere
non-distribution premiere 1960
premiere 1961 /suitable for youths/
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
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, German
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 11. mezinárodní filmový festival Melbourne
1962
Melbourne / Australia
Vítěz
Festival: Mezinárodní setkání filmů pro mládež Cannes
1961
Cannes / France
Vítěz
Exhibition: 7. západoněmecké dny krátkého filmu Oberhausen
1961
Oberhausen / Federal Republic of Germany
Vítěz
Festival: Studentský filmový festival Cinestudio 1960 Amsterdam
1960
Amsterdam / the Netherlands
