In the city suburbs, an old professor of Latin lives in an old villa, attending to his severely ill wife. One accidental look out of the window makes him a witness of the strange death of a young woman who collapsed on an empty pavement in a burst of cry and died, her raincoat bearing traces of a tire. The disturbed Professor tries to solve the mystery on his own. He finds out that the dead girl, named Lydie, wanted to be an actress. But when her girlfriend Lenka succeeded in an audition instead of her, she began to imitate her in the way she dressed and behaved, eventually almost becoming one with her. Lenka is cast in a film in which she is going to be run over by a car, but nothing is supposed to happen to her. Lenka's surname is Tanátová and the Professor realizes with horror that the Greek thanatos stands for "death." Now, he feels he understands why Lydie had to die.
Přejetá dívka (Pátrání)
Přejetá dívka (Pátrání)
A Girl Run over by a Car (One Investigation)
povídka
featuretheatrical distribution
short-story, mystery
Czechoslovakia
1970
1969—1970
short film
30 min
857 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
