Shoes Full of Water
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1976Production year
1976Premiere
17 December 1976Runtime
102 minCategory
povídkový filmGenre
drama, short-storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Boty plné vodyCzech title
Boty plné vodyEnglish title
Shoes Full of WaterSummary
This episodic film was, among other things, a good opportunity for many artists to stage their directorial debuts. This peculiar take on a well-tested genre fills the frames of Boty plné vody (Shoes Full of Water, 1976), in which veteran director Ivo Toman features alongside two filmmakers just starting out – Karel Kovář and Jaroslav Soukup. Serving as inspiration for the directors’ respective works are three stories by the writer Rudolf Kalčík, all about National Security Corps (SNB) members patrolling the borders of Šumava during the postwar years. Toman was in charge of the film’s overall artistic vision and directed the segment Zelenáči 1945 (The Greenhorns 1945) while Kovář directed Silvestr 1948 (New Year’s Eve 1948) and Soukup the drama Zimní vítr 1951 (Winter Wind 1951), which František Vláčil (when still a novice director) soon adapted for his film Vstup zakázán (No Entrance, 1959).
Synopsis
Three short stories.
Note
The short story Pursuit by Rudolf Kalčík dramatized already the director František Vláčil for the film No Entry in 1959.
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Production info
Original Title
Boty plné vody
Czech Title
Boty plné vody
English Title
Shoes Full of Water
Category
povídkový film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
drama, short-story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1976
Production Year
1976
Production specifications
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
Premiere
premiere 9 December 1976 /suitable for youths/ (kino Kyjev, Praha)
premiere 17 December 1976 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
102 min
Original length in metres
2 900 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66
Colour
black & white
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, German
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
Awards
Vítěz
Festival: 15. festival českých a slovenských filmů Bratislava
1977
Bratislava / Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Soukup
