When White Faded to Black
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmmediumOriginal title
...A bílá bledla, až celkem ztmavlaCzech title
...A bílá bledla, až celkem ztmavlaEnglish title
When White Faded to BlackWorking title
ŠtěstíSynopsis
Young actress Zdena arrives in Prague to meet her boyfriend, photographer Petr. She was promised an engagement in the National Theatre and a role in Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard. Her place was, however, taken by the ungifted Věra. Zdena is deeply disillusioned but she does not want to give up her desire to get a great career. At a party, she is introduced to director Procházka who is just working on the classical tragedy Antigona. Zdena overcomes her shyness and sets off to meet the director in his flat. Procházka invites her to a rehearsal and he indeed selects her for the main role. She however, finds out that she is pregnant. Petr looks forward to having a baby but Zdena is unhappy because she will have to give up the promised role. Zdena hesitates between maternity and acting career, and eventually gets an abortion without Petr’s awareness. This, nevertheless, is the end of their relationship.
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Cast
Růžena Rudnická
herečka Zdena Svobodová
Jiří Schwarz
student Petr, Zdenin přítel
Pavel Pípal
režisér Jaroslav Procházka
Lucie Žulová
Lenka-Helena
Dagmar Čárová
Martina
Marta Malá
Věra
Martin Zahálka
mladý herec
Martina Gasparovičová
Zuzka
Miriam Chytilová
herečka Miriam
Rudolf Kalina
inspicient
Martin Kubala
muž v koupelně
Roman Hemala
divadelní ředitel
Irena Šlapáková
dlouhovlasá dívka
Josef Kubíček
vlivný muž
Karel Hovorka
starší herec
posluchači FAMU
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Jaroslav Balík (režie), Alois Fišárek (střih), Jan Kališ (kamera), Hana Bezrouková
Cooperation
Pavel Číž (vrchní osvětlovač), Jaroslav Šusta
Music
Music Composed by
Music Advisor
Production info
Original Title
...A bílá bledla, až celkem ztmavla
Czech Title
...A bílá bledla, až celkem ztmavla
English Title
When White Faded to Black
Working Title
Štěstí
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
5. ročníkDepartment of Film Directinggraduate film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1983
Production Year
1983
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
medium length film
Duration in minutes
46 min
Original length in metres
1 288 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
