An Eye in the Wall

Country

Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic

Copyright

2009

Production year

2002

Premiere

3 December 2009

Runtime

81 min

Category

film

Genre

psychological, thriller

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Oko ve zdi

Czech title

Oko ve zdi

English title

An Eye in the Wall

Co-production title

Oko ve zdi

Working title

OKO / Tvář ve zdi / Oko do zdi / Oko

Summary

The story of Ellen and Vincent begins as that of a carefree amorous couple and takes place over a few days. The lovers go into an abandoned house. Out of curiousity they go into a bathroom and the door closes behind them. A foreboding eye watches them through a chink in the wall; someone terrorizes them and tries to pit them against each other.

Note

Sequences from the film The Dream (Sen, dir. Miloš J. Kohout, 2002) and audiovisual footage 8929-90 from the BBC Motion Gallery were used in the film.

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow

Voice by Jiří Plachý
Mr. Hooked

Cathrine Flemming /ž/

Voice by Barbora Kodetová
Ellen jako mladá

Ivan Krúpa

Voice by Filip Jančík
policista

Klaudie Osičková

holčička ze Snu

Dubbing

Šárka Vondrová

hlas z ústředny

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Tomáš Obermaier

Assistant Director

Richard Augustin, George Medzia

Screenstory

Iva Hercíková

Based on

Iva Hercíková (Oko – povídka ze sbírky Pavouk, který kulhal)

Screenplay

Iva Hercíková, Miloš J. Kohout, Martin Němec (spolupráce na scénáři), Tomáš Řehořek (spolupráce na scénáři), Nelly D. Jenčíková (spolupráce na scénáři)

Director of Photography

Vladimír Smutný

Production Designer

Jan Vlasák

Costume Designer

Iveta Trmalová

Sound Designer

Jakub Čech, Allan Šubert

Executive Producer

Viktor Mayer, Věra Beránková

Dialogues of Czech version

Petr Hamouda

Direction of Czech version

Filip Jančík

Music

Songs

Lonely Eyes

Song Composer Andrew Keresztes

Dark Eyes

Song Composer Andrew Keresztes

Evil Behind You

Song Composer Paolo VivaldiFabrizio Pigliucci

Black Demon

Song Composer Paolo VivaldiFabrizio Pigliucci

XXII Century Argonauts

Song Composer Michał Lorenc

Harvest of Death

Song Composer Michał Lorenc

The Scary Places

Song Composer Martin Laul

Night Scene

Song Composer Gregor F. Narholz

Silent Truth

Song Composer Gregor F. Narholz

Terror at the Door

Song Composer Collen Sharmat

The Mystery

Song Composer Paul Lawler

Zero Horizon

Song Composer Alessandro Topuntoli

Judgement Beckons

Song Composer Gabriel Currington

On the Train

Song Composer Gabriel Currington

Angel

Song Composer Howie

Production info

Original Title

Oko ve zdi

Czech Title

Oko ve zdi

English Title

An Eye in the Wall

Co-production Title

Oko ve zdi

Working Title

OKO / Tvář ve zdi / Oko do zdi / Oko

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

psychological, thriller

Origin country

Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic

Copyright

2009

Production Year

2002

Premiere

gala premiere 12 November 2009 (kino Atlas, Praha)
distribution premiere 3 December 2009 /recommended for 12 and over/

Distribution slogan

Only one will survive.

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

81 min

Distribution carrier

35mm, DCP 2-D

Aspect ratio

1:2,35

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

English, Czech