Visit

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production year

1961

Runtime

8 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Návštěva

Czech title

Návštěva

English title

Visit

Synopsis

It is the time of the first great war of the 20th century. Soldiers wounded at the front are lying in an Austrian hospital, five patients in one room. A young man with a crutch walks out of the room to the corridor, but an austere nurse sends him back. Patient Karel is looking forward to seeing his wife, who will hopefully arrive today to visit him. He finally sees her coming - a shy village woman. They talk about their little daughter and it is obvious that they love each other very much. Karel knows he will have to return to the front upon his recovery, but yet would like to have a son with his wife. The other patients understand the situation, gather in the far end of the room and indulge in a very noisy card game. In the meantime, the young patient with the crutch guards the corridor outside, preventing the approaching nurse from entering the room by asking her various questions. But when the nurse finally pushes him aside and enters, Karel's wife is already sitting calmly at the edge of the bed. The common experience gets all involved closer to each other and Karel's wife fetes them with the food she brought to her husband.

Cast

Josef Koza

pacient Karel Novák

Alexandra Myšková

Růžena, Karlova žena

Alena Karešová

zdravotní sestra

Václav Sloup

pacient s berlí

Pavel Spálený

pacient Josef Čermák

Karel Brchel

pacient

Crew and creators

Based on

Erich Maria Remarque (Na západní frontě klid /Im Westen nichts neues/ – román)

Director of Photography

Michail Genkov

Make-Up Artist

Karel Holek

Sound Designer

Oldřich Tichý

Pedagogical management

Elmar Klos (režie), Eduard Landisch (kamera), Josef Dobřichovský (střih), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)

Music

Music Composed by

Josef Ceremuga

Production info

Original Title

Návštěva

Czech Title

Návštěva

English Title

Visit

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1961

Production Year

1961

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

8 min

Original length in metres

217 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