Pantomime

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1982

Production year

1982

Runtime

12 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Pantomima

Czech title

Pantomima

English title

Pantomime

Synopsis

The employees of an unnamed company, sharing one office, are taken by surprise by the death of their superior, a lonesome bachelor. His deputy dictates information for the death notice. The very young typist used to have professional disputes with the boss, but now it seems that she is the most touched by his death. The accountant Hurych gets frightened because he had lent money from the official cashbox to the deceased man. Such short-term allowances were probably commonplace in the office, but now, it is just the accountant who will probably be in trouble. The deputy claims that half of the debt might be covered from the additional charge of the dead man’s wage – although the rest would possibly be up to the accountant. Addresses must be written on the envelopes with the death notices. But the working time is over and everybody is leaving. Only the typist Jana agrees to stay after hours.

Cast

Jana Leichtová

písařka Jana

Čestmír Řanda ml.

Petr, Janin přítel

Zdeněk Řehoř

účetní Hurych

Jaroslav Kaňkovský

zástupce vedoucího

Anna Wetlinská

sekretářka Helenka

Miroslav Šťastný

Janin otec

Václav Marhoul

opilý mladík

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Milan Cieslar

Director of Photography

Miroslav Halada

Production Manager

Václav Marhoul

Pedagogical management

Ludvík Ráža (režie), Jiří Macháně (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Ivo Bláha, Hana Bezrouková

Production info

Original Title

Pantomima

Czech Title

Pantomima

English Title

Pantomime

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1982

Production Year

1982

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

12 min

Original length in metres

318 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