The Phone
Category
filmGenre
slapstickTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
TelefonCzech title
TelefonEnglish title
The PhoneSynopsis
A young man is just about to leave the phone booth, but only until he notices that, in the pouring rain, there is another person approaching the booth, wanting to make a phone call. The youngster begins to pretend to hang on the line for long. He leafs through the phone book and God knows from where produces a handful of coins... The newcomer, a fat man, first waits patiently, but then gets angry at the young man's maliciousness and nails the door of the booth with two crossed planks. After some time, he returns to the booth with a bouquet, arranging it in the hands of the skeleton of the young man.
Photos
Cast
Jan Libíček
tlustý pán
Jan Přeučil
mladík
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Benjamin Astrug, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
Orchestr Ferdinanda Havlíka (Music Conducted by Ferdinand Havlík)
Production info
Original Title
Telefon
Czech Title
Telefon
English Title
The Phone
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
slapstick
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1964
Production Year
1964
Production specifications
projection approval 1964
Premiere
premiere 17 July 1964 /suitable for youths/ (kina Práce /1 týden/ a Praha /1 týden od 24. 7./, Praha)
Distribution slogan
no caption
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
6 min
Original length in metres
164 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
without dialogue
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Intertitles languages
Czech
Opening/End credits languages
without subtitles
