The Double
Category
filmGenre
sci-fiTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
DvojníkCzech title
DvojníkEnglish title
The DoubleSynopsis
Two men, Braling and Smith, plan to go out to party but end up going back to the Braling's flat. Braling confesses to his friend Smith that he has given his wife sleeping pills, and that he has a big surprise for him. He confides in Smith again about his enduring desire to visit Tahiti and escape the suffocating love of his wife, who does not understand him. He has already bought a ticket and plans to leave the next day to spend a month on the island of his dreams. Then he invites another person into the room. Smith is flabbergasted, for the man who enters the room in indistinguishable from his friend. Braling laughingly explains to Smith that what he sees is a robot created from bio plastic, a sample from a new test series. Smith listens to the sound of the electronic "heart" in the robot's chest. Smith then returns home to his beloved Líza. When he is suddenly drawn to place his ear to the chest of the sleeping woman, he is horrified to hear the same electronic sound. In the meantime, his friend has become involved in a heated argument with the robot, which refuses to return to the freezing box. It has fallen in love with its owner's wife and wants to take her to Tahiti. The two get into a fight. The robot aims a gun at the man and coolly informs him that he will now have the opportunity to personally test the comfort of the freezing box.
Photos
Cast
Petr Haničinec
Braling/robot
Lubomír Lipský
přítel Smith
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Ray Bradbury (Dvojník – povídka)
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Jiří Sequens (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Jan Kučera (střih)
Music
Music Composed by
archivní
Music Advisor
Production info
Original Title
Dvojník
Czech Title
Dvojník
English Title
The Double
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
sci-fi
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1973
Production Year
1973
Production
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
15 min
Original length in metres
428 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
