synopsis
In the bustling streets of Prague, people waiting in various places gradually begin to gather in groups. The number of those waiting grows, and long queues form. What are they waiting for? Jaromil Jireš’s lively four-minute film offers a witty and historically valuable commentary on the everyday life of Prague’s residents in the late 1950s. With its observational, poetic style and jazz accompaniment, the film lays the foundations for the Czechoslovak New Wave.
biography
Jaromil Jireš (1935–2001) graduated from FAMU with a degree in cinematography and directing. He played a part in the emergence of the Czechoslovak New Wave. His feature-length debut
The Cry (1963), which was influenced by cinéma vérité, is highly regarded, as are a number of his other feature and documentary films (including the documentaries
The Hall of Lost Footsteps (1960) and
Court of Justice (1969)).
film details
| director: | Jaromil Jireš |
| producer: | Lukáš Hanzal |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | The film already had its Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2026 |
| section: | FAMU 80 |
| language: | No Dialogue |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Jaromil Jireš |
| original title: | Horečka |
| country: | Czechoslovakia |
| year: | 1957 |
| running time: | 4 min. |
