The Double
Category
filmGenre
sci-fiTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
DvojníkCzech title
DvojníkEnglish title
The DoubleSynopsis
Braling is delightedly browsing through a book of reproductions of the Tahiti paintings by Paul Gauguin. His good-looking wife Lucy is putting on her make-up in front of the mirror. They are meant to be going to a party, but the husband is making excuses; he claims that he is tired and has a headache. Lucy is sarcastic about his yearning for an exotic island and reminds him that the reason they are going to the party is her father, who is also her husband's boss. Braling gives in and the two leave the flat, but the man appears to come back very soon. At night, the couple return in the best spirits, kiss and embrace. The wife praises her husband for his successful socializing at the party, but from his hiding place, a man identical to her husband is watching them. Lucy goes to the bedroom and the two men have a chance to talk. It becomes clear that the wife was escorted to the party by a robot, secretly purchased by the husband especially for such occasions. Now he wants to fulfil his life-long dream and spend a month in Tahiti all by himself. But the robot is of the most advanced kind, a humanoid complete with emotions and desires. It has fallen in love with its owner's wife and does not want to return to its box when the husband returns. The two rivals get into a fight. Braling overcomes the robot and drags the body down to the basement. He then lovingly cuddles next to the sleeping Lucy in the bedroom. But he hears a disquieting noise coming from his wife's chest. It is the same mechanical ticking of the "heart" that distinguished the humanoid from him.
Photos
Cast
Rudolf Jelínek
Braling/humanoid
Hana Maciuchová
manželka Lucy
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Ray Bradbury (Dvojník – povídka)
Screenplay
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
13 min
Original length in metres
357 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
