Three Bottles

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1965

Production year

1965

Runtime

46 min

Category

povídka

Genre

short-story

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionmedium

Original title

Tři láhve

Czech title

Tři láhve

English title

Three Bottles

Synopsis

At dawn, detective Martin rides his Felicia car through the city streets, following a dairy car, which is delivering milk to the shops. In the front of one dairy shop, Martin spots a boy taking three bottles of milk from the case. After a short pursuit, the detective catches the little thief. It turns out to be Radek, a refugee from a children's home. In Martin's office, the boy is told to wash up and empty out his pockets. As Martin leaves for a meeting, he slips the boy's album with exotic stamps into his pocket. At the meeting, he is told that a collection of valuable stamps was stolen in Prague. To great surprise of his colleagues, Martin produces the very searched-for stamps out of his pocket. Radek had found them in a post car on a siding where he was hiding with a dog for whom he stole milk. The thieves are caught and Radek must return to the children's home.

Production info

Original Title

Tři láhve

Czech Title

Tři láhve

English Title

Three Bottles

Category

povídka

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

short-story

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1965

Production Year

1965

Technical info

Duration typology

medium length film

Duration in minutes

46 min

Original length in metres

1 298 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 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