Pub at Santa Claus

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1973

Production year

1973

Runtime

9 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Hospoda U Ježíška

Czech title

Hospoda U Ježíška

English title

Pub at Santa Claus

Synopsis

A fed up young waiter is sweeping the floor in a cheap pub after the closing time. The voice from the radio reminds him it is the Christmas Eve and the young man puts on the legs of the turned-up chairs lit candles. Somebody is knocking on the door. Kateřina, evidently a fast woman crushes into the pub. She is sad and lonely. They chat over a beer and soon an old florist joins them. She got from somebody a helping of fried fish. As there are still boiled potatoes in the kitchen, all three have quite a good dinner. The florist shows off in the end an ornamental ball for a Christmas tree which her son sent to her from America. When you pull the string, a hidden mechanism plays the Christmas song Silent Night.

Cast

Ivan Pokorný

číšník

Anna Schicková

květinářka

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Vladimír Merta

Screenplay

Vladimír Merta

Director of Photography

Miroslav Křen

Pedagogical management

Antonín Kachlík (režie), Václav Hanuš (kamera), Jan Chaloupek (střih)

Songs

Tichá noc /Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht/

Song Composer Franz Xaver Gruber
Writer of Lyrics Franz Joseph Mohr

Production info

Original Title

Hospoda U Ježíška

Czech Title

Hospoda U Ježíška

English Title

Pub at Santa Claus

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1973

Production Year

1973

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

9 min

Original length in metres

246 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