A young man walks his dog on the railway track. Out of curiosity, he walks into a tunnel and, to his surprise, discovers a very old man lying under his duvet in bed, lit by a lamp and surrounded by numerous objects and photographs. The old man is satisfied with his tunnel-life; the only thing he minds is that the place is drafty. The young man cannot understand how the passing trains get out of his way, but the old man cuts him short, recalling instead his long-gone sport career and a girl he loved. In his opinion, one must only want and trust in oneself - then, one can achieve everything. The old man's lover on the photograph strikingly resembles the young man's desired girl. The sound of the coming train is heard from the distance. The young man runs out of the tunnel at the last moment and moves off the track. Upon his return to the tunnel, the old man only frets and fumes at the train to blow his collection of post stamps from his album. Yet another train is heard and the youth decides to stay with the old man to reveal the secret. The train has passed by and a dog on the rails sadly sniffs around the remains of the young man's body.
Voice by František Kovářík
starý muž
mladík
Karel Suzan
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín)
V tunelu
V tunelu
In the Tunnel
Tunel
film
featuretheatrical distribution
absurd, slapstick
Czechoslovakia
1968
1968
projection approval 18 December 1968
premiere 14 March 1969 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 20 March 1969 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Sevastopol /4 týdny/, Praha)
no caption
short film
13 min
360 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
