Butterfly
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmmediumOriginal title
MotýlCzech title
MotýlEnglish title
ButterflySynopsis
A young man hitchhikes to spend his summer holidays in the Lower Tatra Mountains. He proceeds slowly, often having to wait for long periods of time on the edge of the road. Once, he is picked up by a motorcyclist who, after removing the glasses and helmet, turns out to be a pretty girl. The young man's name is Farfalo, a Czechisized term for the Italian "butterfly". This year, as always, Farfalo stops in a small town, spends the night in the cheap local hostel and takes a bath in the pond. The girl refuses to stay with him and leaves. She, however, eventually returns to the town to have a minor failure on her motorcycle repaired. She agrees to bath with the young man later, but the shy Farfalo, in the meantime, has met an acquaintance of his. Unable to oppose the dominant man, he joins him in the local wine cellar for the rest of the night and takes part in a booze-up with two young women of doubtful morals, which lasts until early morning. The young man then runs to the hostel in the morning twilight. The pretty motorcycle rider, however, got up early and left, and the disappointed Farfalo is never going to meet her again.
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Cast
Bohumil Oktábec
Ivan Farfalo
Marie Hlušičková
motocyklistka Bláhová
Otto Lackovič
motocyklista Slavík
Hana Pastejříková
Marie
Jana Synková
Eva
Ladislav Křiváček
četař Kája
Stanislav Šárský
desátník Petr Klocar
Jiří Menzel
vojín Evžen
Eva Svobodová
správcová turistické noclehárny
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Jan Beneš (Motýl – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Oldřich Tichý, Josef Hubka, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Bořivoj Zeman (režie), Ján Šmok (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce), Jan Kučera (střih)
Cooperation
František Čtvrtník, Vladimír Drha, Eva Horská, Viktor Růžička, A. Čapková, J. Klepáč
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Rudolf Friml (Rose Mary – opereta)
Production info
Original Title
Motýl
Czech Title
Motýl
English Title
Butterfly
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1965
Production Year
1965
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
33 min
Original length in metres
941 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
