The Actor’s Pipe
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1966Production year
1966Category
povídkaGenre
comedy, short-storyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionOriginal title
Dýmka hercovaCzech title
Dýmka hercovaEnglish title
The Actor’s PipeSynopsis
Actor couple George and Mary are engaged to play the leading roles in the film People and Wolves. The film's action takes place in the milieu of fur hunters. George buys himself a pipe "worthy of a great actor". He gets exceedingly accustomed to his role of the jealous husband and causes problems throughout the shoot. He even beats up his film rival Poker once. The production company finally fires George and Mary. Even this is not enough to bring George back to reality and, when he finds Mary in Poker's arms, he shoots his adversary. He is sentenced to death. Before his execution, still convinced that he is taking part in a film story, he puts away his pipe so as to prevent its smoke hiding his face in the moment of death.
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Production info
Original Title
Dýmka hercova
Czech Title
Dýmka hercova
English Title
The Actor’s Pipe
Category
povídka
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy, short-story
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1966
Production Year
1966
Copyright Holders
Technical info
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,66, 1:2,35
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
