The Garden
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1968Production year
1968Premiere
6 December 1968Runtime
16 minDirector
Jan ŠvankmajerCategory
filmGenre
slapstickTypology
featuretheatrical distributionshortOriginal title
ZahradaCzech title
ZahradaEnglish title
The GardenWorking title
Živý plotSynopsis
Mr Pepík, a jovial man, takes his friend František to visit his villa. Upon their arrival, František is more than surprised - instead of a regular fence, the house is surrounded by a line of people holding hands. To allow the car to approach the house, some of the people shift aside in the same way as a garden gate opens. Pepík prides himself on his garden and his rabbits as well as on his compost. Only upon František's insistent questioning he is willing to reply that he simply got himself a live fence and the people standing in it are just volunteers and he has something on everybody of them. From time to time, Pepík strictly reprimands some of the men in the line who seem to misbehave. Also, he says, he has found out that it is good to replace some parts of the chain for another - for example, to put an engineer between two butchers and vice versa. Well, indeed, everything must be done with love. Before Pepík's wife even has prepared coffee, František has found his place in the fence chain, firmly grasping the hands of those next to him. Pepík only lightly runs a brush through his hair.
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Cast
Jiří Hálek
František
Luděk Kopřiva
Pepík
Míla Myslíková
Maruš, Pepíkova žena
Václav Borovička
Borůvka
František Husák
muž v gumovém plášti
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Based on
Ivan Kraus (Živý plot – povídka)
Screenplay
Dramaturg
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Production Manager
Production info
Original Title
Zahrada
Czech Title
Zahrada
English Title
The Garden
Working Title
Živý plot
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
slapstick
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1968
Production Year
1968
Production specifications
projection approval 23 March 1968
Premiere
premiere 7 November 1968 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Hvězda /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 6 December 1968 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
16 min
Original length in metres
460 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
