The Haunted House

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production year

1988

Runtime

22 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Strašidelný dům

Czech title

Strašidelný dům

English title

The Haunted House

Synopsis

A young man at a railway station asks for a secluded house with a big garden which is supposed to be somewhere around. The booking clerk tells him the way. The house is beautiful but neglected. And although the rooms are empty, it seems that it resonates with steps which can be heard coming from somewhere. The young man wanders through the house and its garden, and it turns out that he is not alone – there is also a pretty girl who goes there to draw. She tells him about the legend tied to the house. Rumours say that it was inhabited by a man and a woman who loved each other very much and have not left the house even after their death. They have left their treasure here and now guard it. The young couple briefly mime being a baroness and her husband who drink tea and look at the landscape. The young man would like to buy the house but does not have the necessary funds. A dog runs into the garden and the girl leaves with it.

Cast

Eva Lánská

dívka

František Husák

pokladní na nádraží

Crew and creators

Based on

Virginia Woolf (Strašidelný dům /A Haunted House/ – povídka)

Director of Photography

Aleš Cigánek

Camera Operator

Martin Sedlák, Martin Benc

Sound Designer

Jiří Jakl, Josef Hubka

Production Manager

Jana Mašíková

Unit Production Manager

Jakub Kolín

Pedagogical management

Otakar Fuka, Antonín Kachlík (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih)

Cooperation

Vojta Spurný

Music

Selected Music

Erik Satie

Production info

Original Title

Strašidelný dům

Czech Title

Strašidelný dům

English Title

The Haunted House

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production Year

1988

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

22 min

Original length in metres

625 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:2,35

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech