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Prefabricated Houses (1960)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 6M

Director : Jiří Menzel
Writer : Jiří Menzel, Jan Svoboda

Synopsis

A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing the obsolete past, alternate with shots of construction sites for new prefabricated apartment buildings. In spite of certain unavoidable propagandistic overtones added by the director, it is notable as the beginning of his search for a “dramaturgy of colors.”

Actors

Alexandr Postler
Alexandr Postler
Narrator (voice)

Crews

Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel
Director
Milan Iglo
Milan Iglo
Music
Ljuljana Lorencová
Ljuljana Lorencová
Editor
Jaromír Šofr
Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography
Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel
Screenplay
Jan Svoboda
Jan Svoboda
Screenplay
Artur Stacha
Artur Stacha
Production Manager
Jaroslav Tvrzsky
Jaroslav Tvrzsky
Sound Recordist

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