The Boy and the Deer
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1962Production year
1962Premiere
22 March 1963Runtime
43 minDirector
Zdenek SirovýCategory
filmGenre
childrenTypology
featuretheatrical distributionmediumOriginal title
Chlapec a srnaCzech title
Chlapec a srnaEnglish title
The Boy and the DeerSynopsis
Pavel loves nature and animals. He wanders around woods, catching birds and small animals and putting them into cages at home. Sometimes he leaves home to observe an old gamekeeper, while at school he thinks about nothing but his hobby. Both his parents and his teacher are therefore unsatisfied with him - mother even wants to throw away all his cages. Pavel feels unhappy and thinks that nobody understands him. He again runs off to the woods with his sadness and watches a beautiful roe. He wants to tame her and thus to prove to everybody that there is nothing wrong about his love for animals. In the evening, he secretly borrows his father's gun and sets off to a small pool in the forest. The roe appears in the gun's range-finder. The upset Pavel pulls the trigger and the animal falls down to the ground, dead. The grief-stricken Pavel confesses what he has done and begs for forgiveness. With the help of his friend Hanka, he then carries all his cages up a hill and sets all the captured animals free.
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Cast
Alois Hrušecký
Pavel
Zuzana Burianová
Hanka, Pavlova kamarádka
Vlasta Fialová
Pavlova matka
Oldřich Vykypěl
Pavlův otec
Nataša Gollová
učitelka
L. H. Struna
lesník
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Vladislav Machala
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Oldřich Řičánek
Production Designer
Set Designer
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
František Strangmüller, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Cooperation
zaměstnanci Státních lesů, Lidová myslivecká společnost v Telči
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Production info
Original Title
Chlapec a srna
Czech Title
Chlapec a srna
English Title
The Boy and the Deer
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
children
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1962
Production Year
1962
Production specifications
projection approval 23 May 1962
Premiere
premiere 15 March 1963 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 22 March 1963 /suitable for youths/ (kino Pasáž /1 týden/, Praha)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
43 min
Original length in metres
1 248 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
Event: Mezinárodní setkání filmů pro mládež Cannes
1962
Cannes / France
Vítěz
Festival: 14. mezinárodní festival dětských filmů Benátky
1962
Benátky / Italy
Vítěz
Festival: 14. mezinárodní festival dětských filmů Benátky
1962
Benátky / Italy
