Chorus-girl

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1976

Production year

1976

Runtime

13 min

Director

Jan Kubišta

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Sboristka

Czech title

Sboristka

English title

Chorus-girl

Synopsis

A couple wakes up and gets dressed. An elderly man pours a glass and is going to leave. His young lover asks him to go for a walk but the man finds an excuse. A door bell rings. The man hides in the other room and the girl dressed in a dressing gown opens the door. An unknown woman searching for her husband Nikolaj Petrovič Kolpakov comes in. The girl does not admit he is just in, but in the end she admits that Kolpakov comes to visit her. The woman offends her, she presumes that her husband committed fraud in the office because of her and will be arrested. But the girl got from him as his lover only two cheap pieces of jewellery and some candies. Mrs Kolpakova forces the girl quite unscrupulously to give her other, more valuable jewellery - some presents from other suitors. Mrs Kolpakova wants to sell them and pay at least a part of the damage and protect her children against shame. Then she leaves the flat without any signs of gratitude. Kolpakov comes back to the room. But he does not answer any questions of the girl - to whom he gave such expensive presents, for whom he committed fraud. Then he leaves without saying a word.

Cast

Josef Somr

Nikolaj Petrovič Kolpakov

Stanislava Bartošová

Kolpakovova manželka

Crew and creators

Director

Jan Kubišta

Based on

Anton Pavlovič Čechov (Sboristka – povídka)

Director of Photography

Ladislav Hovorka, Jiří Krejčík ml. (kamerová spolupráce)

Production Manager

Zdena Veselá

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Music Advisor

Luboš Fidler

Production info

Original Title

Sboristka

Czech Title

Sboristka

English Title

Chorus-girl

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1976

Production Year

1976

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

13 min

Original length in metres

370 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