Peripetia

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1980

Production year

1980

Runtime

16 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Peripetie

Czech title

Peripetie

English title

Peripetia

Synopsis

Markétka lives with her old grandmother, but their living together causes serious problems. Her grandmother cannot bear noisy modern music, nor will she allow Markétka's boyfriend Mirek to come to visit her. Mirek therefore climbs through the window to be with the girl at night and makes off quickly in the morning. Mirek and Markétka don't like the situation, but there is nothing to be done about it because it is so hard to find a flat for themselves. One day Markétka finds her grandmother apparently lifeless in her chair. She is afraid that the old lady has died, but the grandmother comes round after a while. On a free day Markétka and Mirek go on a motorbike trip. The sense of freedom fills them with delight. Mirek accelerates, the bike crashes, and both the young people are dead.

Cast

Markéta Šebesťáková

Voice by Dana Bartůňková
Markétka

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Zuzana Zemanová

Director of Photography

Petr Hojda

Production Manager

Jiří Soják

Pedagogical management

Jiří Sequens (režie), Jiří Macháně (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Selected Music

John Philip Sousa (Pochod volnosti)

Music Advisor

Ivan Stehlík

Production info

Original Title

Peripetie

Czech Title

Peripetie

English Title

Peripetia

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1980

Production Year

1980

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

16 min

Original length in metres

460 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