The Teacher and Friend Remained Unknown to the Public

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production year

1968

Runtime

18 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Učitel a přítel zůstal veřejnosti neznám

Czech title

Učitel a přítel zůstal veřejnosti neznám

English title

The Teacher and Friend Remained Unknown to the Public

Synopsis

Three Czech scientists – professors of physiology, morphology and microbiology – receive a prestigious scientific award for their common discovery of little ball corpuscles causing joy in humans. The introduction of their treatise is dedicated to "František, teacher and friend" whose identity remains hidden from the public. The scientists had a common secret passion. From time to time, they excused themselves at their work places and secretly left for the city suburbs. On the top of a grassy hill, they made a little hollow, produced sacks with marbles from their cases and tried to play. One day, a little unkempt boy named František appeared on the hill and reproached the three men for their style of play and petty cheating. The scientists were first offended but eventually accepted his advice and played with him, and even though František skinned them of all their marbles, they agreed to yet another meetings. Thus, after some time, the aforementioned dedication appeared on the first page of their scientific treatise...

Cast

Čestmír Řanda

profesor mikrobiologie dr. Josef S.

Miloš Kopecký

profesor fyziologie dr. Oldřich N.

Josef Chvalina

profesor morfologie dr. Miroslav H

Pavel Carbol

kluk František

Karel Peyr

muž předávající vyznamenání

Martin Otava

chlapeček s kyticí

Crew and creators

Based on

Ivan Vyskočil (Učitel a přítel zůstal veřejnosti neznám – povídka ze sbírky Vždyť přece létat je snadné)

Dramaturg

Milan Šimek

Director of Photography

Jiří Kolín

Production Designer

Jaroslav Krška

Production Manager

Zdeněk Stibor

Music

Music Composed by

Zdeněk Liška

Production info

Original Title

Učitel a přítel zůstal veřejnosti neznám

Czech Title

Učitel a přítel zůstal veřejnosti neznám

English Title

The Teacher and Friend Remained Unknown to the Public

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production Year

1968

Production specifications

projection approval 18 December 1968

Premiere

preview 6 March 1969 (kino Nonstop '60 /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 13 March 1969 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní /kina Nonstop '60/)

Distribution slogan

no caption

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

18 min

Original length in metres

511 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