Behind the Wheel
Václav Táborský / Czechoslovakia / 1962 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 10 min.
synopsis
I'll throw you in a pit, cover you up with sand and you'll be gone, sighs the driver of a Tatra truck who has to drive eighteen times in one shift from the sandpit to the embankment in Veltrusy and back. Driving, dumping, loading and driving again; dust, heat and wind-battered, suntanned cheeks are the attributes of inadvertent heroism.biography
Václav Táborský (born 1928), a Czech pioneer of cinéma vérité, made over eighty short films and almost fifty educational programmes. After August 1968, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked as an educator. His work is divided into satirical documentary features and feature films for children, including Escape in the Wind and Miraculous Puzzle.more about film
| director: | Václav Táborský |
contact
Juraj MachálekNárodní filmový archiv / National Film Archive
Malešická 14, 130 00 Praha 3
juraj.machalek@nfa.cz
Film at festival
| premiere type: | The film already had its Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2023 |
| section: | Ji.hlava Online, Translucent Being: Václav Táborský |
| language: | Czech |
| subtitles: | No Subtitle |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Václav Táborský |
| original title: | Hodiny za volantem |
| country: | Czechoslovakia |
| year: | 1962 |
| running time: | 10 min. |
