Figures Made of Sludge
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1987Production year
1985—1986Premiere
1 January 1988Runtime
100 minCategory
povídkový filmGenre
short-story, psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Figurky ze šmantůCzech title
Figurky ze šmantůEnglish title
Figures Made of SludgeSummary
In 1987, directors Martin Faltýn, Jan Kubišta and Radovan Urban took the opportunity to début together with this film offering three loosely connected storylines. The book of the same name by František Stavinoha determined the film’s location, namely Kladno and its mines. In Faltýn’s story, entitled Úraz (Injury, 1987), the young hero Ondřej (played by Ondřej Vetchý), who has failed to make it into the faculty of journalism, gets to know the joys and woes of work in the pit. In Příběhu ohnivé Toničky (Story about the Fiery Tonička, 1987), director Jan Kubišta tells the story of a coal tipper worker (played by Zuzana Bydžovská) who becomes pregnant by the amoral miner Placák. Finally director Radovan Urban recounts the fate of the chief engineer Tomanec (Eduard Cupák), who weighs up his life on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. Narrative coherence is underscored by the fact that the leading characters reappear in each other’s stories.
Synopsis
Three short stories.
Photos
Crew and creators
Director
Production info
Original Title
Figurky ze šmantů
Czech Title
Figurky ze šmantů
English Title
Figures Made of Sludge
Category
povídkový film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
short-story, psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1987
Production Year
1985—1986
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 4 July 1985
technical Screenplay approved 28 November 1985
start of filming 11 December 1985
end of filming 11/1986
the first film copy approved 16 April 1987
projection approval 12 June 1987
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
Premiere
premiere 1 January 1988 /suitable for youths/
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov, Československá televize Praha, Hlavní redakce dramatických pořadů (Československá televize Praha)
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
6. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupina Tvůrčí mládí, Jan Vild (vedoucí 6. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupiny Tvůrčí mládí), Oldřich Janota (šéfredaktor Hlavní redakce dramatických pořádů Československé televize Praha)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
100 min
Original length in metres
2 841 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
