Night Despatch
Category
filmGenre
dramaTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Noční depešeCzech title
Noční depešeEnglish title
Night DespatchSynopsis
The hotel room No. 33 is entered by a man who was hitherto secretly followed by several men clad in leather coats. The hotel guest pulls various papers and documents out of his briefcase and feverishly works on them. A girl waits in the room next door, reading a magazine. Her lover finally comes in, bringing flowers. The girl is from a wealthy family which would probably hardly tolerate her acquanting a poor student. This is why the young couple covertly meets in a hotel, planning their bright future to come as soon as the young man graduates from the university and is appointed to a respectable position. They make love and the girl falls asleep. The student hears noises from the neighbouring room. The man in the room No. 33 already knows he is trapped. He writes a letter and puts it into an envelope with several papers. The secret police bang on the door. The man slips the envelope under the connecting door to the adjacent room and, whispering, asks for it to be posted. The policemen speedily storm into his room and force him by beating to hand them the briefcase with the documents. Then they abduct the bleeding man to their car. The student reads the letter. It is for a woman whose address is written on the envelope. The kidnapped man writes about their past relationship and mentions being in the hotel where they once were together. But the young student is not brave. He does not dare to go to the letter box which he can see from the hotel window. He instead slips the envelope under the door of another room from where the noise of a party is heard. When the girl wakes up, he refuses to tell her the reason for his deep sadness.
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Cast
Jiří Ornest
odbojář
Petr Vacek
student
Denisa Kubová
Eliška
Karel Hlušička
gestapák
František Jákl
gestapák
Petr Sekanina
gestapák
Crew and creators
Director
Assistant Director
Pavol Franclík
Screenstory
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Art Director
Simona Černá, Dagmar Jelínková, Petra Ondreičková
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Kateřina Fulínová, Romana Prachařová, Romana Prachařová
Pedagogical management
Václav Vorlíček (režie), Miloš Zábranský, Jiří Macháně (kamera), Josef Valušiak (střih), Oldřich Tichý (zvuk), Hana Dvořáková
Cooperation
Kateřina Halašková, Miroslav Korbel, Jana Mašíková, Alena Nosková, J. Úředníček
Music
Music Composed by
Production info
Original Title
Noční depeše
Czech Title
Noční depeše
English Title
Night Despatch
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
drama
Student film
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1989
Production Year
1989
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
19 min
Original length in metres
523 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
