Trial
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
SoudCzech title
SoudEnglish title
TrialSynopsis
Photographs documenting police actions during demonstrations in South America are accompanied by a commentary talking about malnutrition of the people and deaths of up to a million children in the countries on this continent from diseases that are otherwise commonly curable. A group of young revolutionaries have abducted Juan Morales, a man who directly participated in torturing and murdering thirty-six of their comrades. The revolutionary tribunal sentences the elderly man to death and one of the young men is chosen to be the punisher. Morales defends himself: after all, he has never personally tortured anyone. It has been proven, however, that he was always present, interrogating the tortured men and inspiring new methods of torture. The punisher is left alone with his gun and Morales, who is sitting in a chair, his hands tied. The young man hesitates, gathering courage to do the execution. This gives Morales time to slip out of his binds; as they grapple, the gun goes off and the bullet hits the young man. Before he dies, he manages to execute the sentence. Five people a day die in Latin America for political reasons.
Photos
Cast
Gustav Opočenský
obžalovaný Juan Morales
Ivan Vyskočil
vykonavatel rozsudku
Vladimír Hlavatý
ministr
André Maroun-Gédéon
člen senátu
Abdelhafidh Bouassida
člen senátu
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Otakar Vávra (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce), Josef Dobřichovský (střih)
Music
Music Composed by
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Music Advisor
Production info
Original Title
Soud
Czech Title
Soud
English Title
Trial
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1971
Production Year
1971
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
15 min
Original length in metres
432 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
