Teachers Playing Truant
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1975Production year
1975Premiere
6 August 1976Runtime
91 minCategory
povídkový filmGenre
short-story, psychologicalTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Profesoři za školouCzech title
Profesoři za školouEnglish title
Teachers Playing Truantpovídkový film
Teachers Playing TruantSummary
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.
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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)
Production
Copyright Holders
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Distribution
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
