The onset of “normalisation” saw the shelving of the filmography of one of the most prominent writer-directors of the Czechoslovak New Wave, Evald Schorm (1931–1988). Schorm instead turned to a parade of television projects. These concluded in 1988 with the drama Vlastně se nic nestalo (Nothing Really Happened, AKA Killing with Kindness, 1988). The only exception is this short film project which Schorm took over after the original author, Vojtěch Jasný, emigrated. The story Nahý v trní (In a Sorry Plight) tells of a man whose carefree bathing in a river is ruined by a stray dog. In Hry lásky (Love Games) an amateur painter gets into difficulties because he worries too much about his schnauzer Rafik. In the third story, entitled Věrnost (Faithfulness), two friends’ rivalry ends with the death of a loyal, devoted pet... Although the three tales were written by Jasný, Schorm adapted them according to his authorial viewpoint. In these tales of the relations between people and dogs, he underscored themes of ordinary morality vainly fighting for survival in a world of human cruelty and ruthlessness.
Three short stories.
Miloš Osvald, Jiří Rulík
Jaroslav Vágner, Vlasta Synkulová
Ladislav Herz
pplk. Ing. Karel Hartl, dr. Daniel Stanko, Karel Feřtek, Stanislav Skála, George Pokrovskij, Antonín Kodat
Jana Coufalová (klapka), Jaromír Komárek (fotograf)
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Song Composer Sláva Eman Nováček
Song Composer Jaroslav Ježek
Writer of Lyrics Jan WerichJiří Voskovec
Singer Josef HlinomazHelena Růžičková
Song Composer Karel Hašler
Writer of Lyrics Karel Hašler
Singer mužský sbor
Singer mužský hlas
Singer mužský hlas
Song Composer Karel Vacek
Writer of Lyrics Karel Vacek
Singer mužský hlas
Singer mužský hlas
Singer Vlastimil Brodský
Singer mužský sbor
Singer dětský hlas
Psi a lidé
Psi a lidé
Dogs and People
povídkový film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy, short-story
Czechoslovakia
1971
1970
literary Screenplay approved 14 April 1970
technical Screenplay approved 29 June 1970
start of filming 4 August 1970
end of filming 4 November 1970
the first film copy approved 29 March 1971
projection approval 22 April 1971
withdrawal from distribution 6 April 1973
premiere 3 September 1971 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 9 September 1971 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Paříž, Praha)
Dramaturgická skupina Miloše Brože, Miloš Brož (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny), Výrobní skupina Ladislava Novotného, Ladislav Novotný (vedoucí výrobní skupiny)
feature film
98 min
2 778 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
colour
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech