Teachers Playing Truant

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1975

Production year

1975

Premiere

6 August 1976

Runtime

91 min

Category

povídkový film

Genre

short-story, psychological

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Profesoři za školou

Czech title

Profesoři za školou

English title

Teachers Playing Truant

Summary

Emerging directors and screenwriters in Czechoslovakia were often given a chance to make their mark with the production of a short film at Prague’s Barrandov film studios. This tradition continued with the making of Profesoři za školou (Teachers Playing Truant, 1975), a three-part motion picture, for which debuting directors Milan Muchna and Vladimir Blažek got together with their experienced counterpart Zbyněk Brynych. Brynych's story Jak se plaší Smrtihlav (How to Shoo the Death’s-head Moth) is a tale about the reforming of an uncompromising secondary school teacher (Jiří Pleskot). In Téma: Láska (The Theme: Love), Milan Muchna relates the story of Kateřina (Lenka Kořínková) who draws support from her work with children during conflict with her unreliable partner (Jan Drbohlav), a man who puts his sports career before teaching. Vladimir Blažek’s Aljaška (Alaska) depicts a relationship crisis which a married couple (Alois Švehlík, Zuzana Geislerová) successfully overcome in a new rural environment.

Synopsis

Three short stories.

Production info

Original Title

Profesoři za školou

Czech Title

Profesoři za školou

English Title

Teachers Playing Truant

Category

povídkový film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

short-story, psychological

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1975

Production Year

1975

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990

Premiere

premiere 6 August 1976 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
premiere 12 August 1976 /suitable for youths/ (kino Paříž, Praha)

Studio

Barrandov

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

91 min

Original length in metres

2 568 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech