The Rehearsal

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1991

Production year

1991

Runtime

10 min

Director

Saša Gedeon

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Zkouška

Czech title

Zkouška

English title

The Rehearsal

Synopsis

A young woman, seated in the middle of a room, is reading. A young man, named Pavel, comes in. The two are in fact actors rehearsing a scene of a disagreement between two lovers, Valère and Mariane, from Molière’s comedy Tartuffe. The woman is angry that Pavel came an hour late, complaining that he probably does not care about their work. Valère reproaches Mariane that her father favours the hypocrite Tartuffe. He wants him to marry his daughter although Mariane is not interested in Tartuffe. The relationship between the two actors begins to pervade the rehearsal. Pavel claims that the young actress slept with the director, she blames him for an incorrect approach to the part and for arbitrarily “adapting” Molière’s dialogues. They, however, eventually manage to perform the scene well. Valère tells Mariane that he is leaving and will never come back. But Pavel leaves, too, and the young actress vainly searches for him in the film studios among the backdrops.

Cast

Pavlína Mourková

herečka hrající Marianu

Jiří Langmajer

herec Pavel hrající Valéra

Crew and creators

Director

Saša Gedeon

Screenplay

Saša Gedeon

Director of Photography

Robert Novák

Production Manager

Michal Škop, Petr Valek

Pedagogical management

Jaromír Šofr (kamera), Jiří Macháně (kamera)

Production info

Original Title

Zkouška

Czech Title

Zkouška

English Title

The Rehearsal

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1991

Production Year

1991

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

10 min

Original length in metres

276 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

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 2. festival FAMU Praha

1992
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Saša Gedeon

Vítěz

Event: Prémie Českého literárního fondu v oblasti filmu za rok 1992

1992
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Saša Gedeon

Vítěz

Festival: 2. festival FAMU Praha

1992
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Saša Gedeon