The Suicide
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
SebevrahCzech title
SebevrahEnglish title
The SuicideSynopsis
The young painter Nikolai Petrovich Ryumin brings a man to his poor flat. He has just saved the intended suicide from drowning. He gives him his only Sunday clothes and lets him sleep over. The suicide is a writer by the name of Pampin, and was reportedly driven to the suicide attempt by his empty stomach. The painter then feeds Pampin for many days, brings him alcohol and is finally even forced to give him his bed because the bench is too hard and uncomfortable. Pampin would love to work but cannot find anything. When Ryumin finds him a job as a watchman, Pampin, however, refuses and feels offended – he, an intellectual, and such a job instead of passing on great ideas and knowledge! Nikolai Petrovich comes up with the offer to teach at a school. The guest rejects this, too – he surely is not interested in teaching idiots. He does not want to work in a newspaper office, either, and does not write a single line in three weeks. The painter is not at home and his friend Dascha comes to visit him. She compassionately asks the suicide how he feels. The man tries to embrace her. At that moment, the painter returns home, the situation makes him angry and he finally throws the unscrupulous guest out. Dáša cannot understand such rudeness and she herself offers asylum to the desperate fellow. The “suicide” leaves with the young woman without any thanks and even hastily returns for an unfinished bottle of vodka from by the door.
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Cast
Ilja Racek
sebevrah Pampin
Ivan Vyskočil
malíř Nikolaj Petrovič Rjumin
Julie Jurištová
Dáša, Nikolajova přítelkyně
Crew and creators
Director
Based on
Arkadij Timofejevič Averčenko (Kámen na krku /Kameň na šeje/ – povídka)
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Jaroslav Balík (režie), Jiří Macháně (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Hana Bezrouková
Cooperation
M. Dušková, H. Tothová, R. Werner
Production info
Original Title
Sebevrah
Czech Title
Sebevrah
English Title
The Suicide
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1985
Production Year
1985
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
14 min
Original length in metres
393 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
