Fear Educator

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1989

Production year

1989

Premiere

29 February 2000

Runtime

16 min

Director

Pavel Marek

Category

film

Genre

experimental

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionshort

Original title

Vychovatel ke strachu

Czech title

Vychovatel ke strachu

English title

Fear Educator

English parallel title

Teacher of Fear

Synopsis

Motto: They did not say anything – a host – his guest – and a chrysanthemum (Ryota). The Prague panorama is seen from Prague Castle. A voice-over speaks about a plaster egg which contains a finger pointing at the Moon. A man plays chess in a room, a fish slides on the floor, another man on a bicycle rotates along the walls and a girl reads. A painter standing at his easel paints a black square from which a leg crops up and kicks out. A telephone rings and voices launch an endless loop: Where are you going? – To the cinema. – What’s on? – Quo Vadis. – What’s that? – Where are you going? A fisherman addresses a fish in English, the creature jumps into his mouth and starts suffocating him. The girl crows and the chess player begins to eat. The figure he bites at turns into a weeping man. A fear educator appears but we can see only his legs in ski boots. He announces that there is gold in the town and asks everybody to take shovels and dig around a little. The tools make lots of holes throughout the town. A man driving a coal scuttle passes through an empty house. The fear educator vanishes.

Cast

Petr Pešice

vypravěč/cyklista

Lucie Simerová

čtenářka

Milan Guštar

šachista

Martin Radimecký

jezdec na uhláku

Dubbing

Crew and creators

Director

Pavel Marek

Screenstory

Pavel Marek

Screenplay

Pavel Marek

Director of Photography

Roman Včelák

Sound Designer

Jaroslav Děták

Animation

Kateřina Lokvencová (animace jezdce), Soňa Staňková (animace jezdce), Pavla Hrabincová (animace jezdce), David Černý (animace figurky)

Music

Music Composed by

Milan Guštar

Production info

Original Title

Vychovatel ke strachu

Czech Title

Vychovatel ke strachu

English Title

Fear Educator

English Parallel Title

Teacher of Fear

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

experimental

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1989

Production Year

1989

Premiere

premiere 29 February 2000 /recommended for 15 and over/ (kino Aero, Praha)

Distribution slogan

Negative, in cooperation with Czech Television, FAMU and the National Film Archive, presents short films by Pavel Marek and Roman Včelák.

Production

Bulšitfilm

Copyright Holders

Bulšitfilm

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

16 min

Original length in metres

450 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

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 1. festival FAMU Praha

1991
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Pavel Marek

Vítěz

Festival: 30. Brněnská šestnáctka

1989
Brno / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Event: 51. mezinárodní soutěž Světové organizace amatérských filmových a video tvůrců pracující pod UNESCO Baden Baden

1989
Baden-Baden / Federal Republic of Germany

Vítěz

Event: Celostátní soutěž amatérských filmů a videoprogramů Senica nad Myjavou

1989
Senica nad Myjavou / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 15. Mladá kamera Uničov

1989
Uničov / Czechoslovakia