Pythian
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
PýthieCzech title
PýthieEnglish title
PythianSynopsis
A simple village girl is chosen for vocation of Pythian priestess at Delphi temple, from whose mouth people on feasts hear of various predictions and oracles. Such a woman has to be immaculate and women like this may not be living at Delphi any more. The girl changes a usual common black shirt for the festive white one and the old woman brings her to the temple. There she uses to sit in a dark room and influenced by smoke from the crack at the rock and burnt herbs she shouts for common people unintelligible exclamations. She uses to return to her parents and after her mother is dying she for some time looks after her father's household. At that time she meets a young man and learns physical love as well. After returning to the temple, when some time is passing, she is unmistakably in the family way. She became untrue to her vocation therefore the old woman places to her bosom while sleeping the poisonous serpent.
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Cast
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Pär Lagerkvist (povídka Sibyla ze sbírky Čtyři příběhy o daleké pouti)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Film Editor
Production Manager
Production info
Original Title
Pýthie
Czech Title
Pýthie
English Title
Pythian
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1976
Production Year
1976
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
19 min
Original length in metres
523 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
