The Black Keys Fugue
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmmediumOriginal title
Fuga na černých klávesáchCzech title
Fuga na černých klávesáchEnglish title
The Black Keys FugueSynopsis
Fati Farari is from Africa. He studies piano in Prague with Professor Rauch and rents a room with a Czech family. In Prague, he has friends among his fellow-students, but sometimes has to cope with allusions to his dark skin. He even gets attacked in a pub once and is forced to defend himself. He is somewhat unhappy because the girl he loves avoids him. His graduation concert draws near. At the very last rehearsal, his professor advises him to relax. He tells him to take a walk around Prague and get plenty of sleep. On the day of the concert, Fati is invited to visit his country's embassy, where he learns tragic news about his family. Desperate, he wanders about the city, noticing nothing but the sad images of its inhabitants. He finally heads for the Rudolfinum concert hall as his only refuge. He meets his professor at the steps. The professor already knows about Fati's misfortune and tries his best to rouse him out of his sadness with the following words: "Our parents give us something not merely by their lives but by their deaths also. Tonight, you must allow your Bach to speak for you."
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Cast
Julian Diaz
student hudby Fati Farari
Jiří Stivín
student hudby, Fatiho přítel
prof. František Rauch
profesor hudby, on sám
Ladislav Zajíc
tělocvikář
Jiří Štíbr
student
Milan Jonáš
rváč
Antonín Novotný
muž v bufetu
Alena Bradáčová
slečna
Jaroslav Horký
Karel
Savas Christofi
S.N. Munyua
Mohi El Din Diab
Manuel Mora
Guanaratna Piaysiri
Commentary
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Costumes
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Oldřich Tichý, Adolf Řípa, Josef Hubka, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Václav Wasserman (režie), Miloš V. Kratochvíl (scénář), Jan Kališ (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce), Ludvík Pavlíček (střih)
Cooperation
Amalie Burianová, František Čtvrtník, Michail Genkov, Marcela Měšťánková, Walter Nittnaus, Bohdan Tůma (2), Jan Vrána
Music
Production info
Original Title
Fuga na černých klávesách
Czech Title
Fuga na černých klávesách
English Title
The Black Keys Fugue
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1964
Production specifications
projection approval 1 May 1964
Premiere
premiere 1964 /suitable for youths/
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
34 min
Original length in metres
1 029 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: 1. světový festival černošského umění
1966
Dakar / Senegal
Vítěz
Festival: Mezinárodní kulturní festival Marseille
1965
Marseille / France
