The Flat (Czech: Byt) is a 1968 Czech surrealist short film directed by Jan Švankmajer.[1] The film features no dialogue, only music by Zdeněk Liška.[2]
| The Flat | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jan Švankmajer |
| Written by | Jan Švankmajer |
| Produced by | Erna Kmínková Jirí Vanek |
| Cinematography | Svatopluk Malý |
| Edited by | Hana Walachová |
| Music by | Zdeněk Liška |
Production company | Krátký film Praha |
Release date |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
Plot
editA man gets trapped in an old apartment. Objects in the apartment revolt against him and he cant't use them. A man with a rooster enters the apartment and hands him an axe. He destroys the door with the axe, only to find a white wall with names written on it. He adds his name to the wall.[3][4]
Cast
edit- Ivan Kraus as Josef
- Juraj Herz as man with a rooster
References
edit- ^ "Byt". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- ^ "Byt (1968)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- ^ Kristoffer Noheden (2017). Surrealism, Cinema, and the Search for a New Myth. Springer. p. 181. ISBN 9783319555010.
- ^ Mark Shiel; Tony Fitzmaurice (2010). Screening the City. Verso. p. 110. ISBN 9781859846902.
External links
edit- The Flat at IMDb
- Caryn James (3 May 1989). "Aggressive Objects Take It Out on Helpless People (Review)". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
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