The buck
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The buck |
| Original title | Černý Petr |
| Country of production | Czechoslovakia |
| original language | Czech |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Miloš Forman |
| script | Miloš Forman Jaroslav Papoušek |
| production | Filmové Studio Barrandov , Rudolf Hájek |
| music | Jiří Šlitr |
| camera | Jan Nemecek |
| cut | Miroslav Hájek |
| occupation | |
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The Black Peter is a Czechoslovak black and white feature film directed by Miloš Forman from 1964. The film was first released in Czechoslovakia on April 17, 1964, and in the Federal Republic of Germany on June 24, 1965.
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17-year-old Peter starts his apprenticeship in a self-service shop. In the first few days, his job is to observe the customers as inconspicuously as possible in order to catch any thieves. Peter suspects an old man and follows him through the streets of Kolín , but does not have the courage to confront him. At home, he has to endure one of the father's usual criminal sermons.
In the afternoon Peter meets with Pavla. In their presence, all of his, in any case not great security, disappears, so that he gives a more than pitiful picture at a dance evening. Back in the shop, it turns out that the alleged thief was a good friend of the boss. And when a woman really steals, the completely confused Peter lets her go.
Awards
- Czechoslovak Film Critics' Prize 1964
- Grand Prize of the Locarno International Film Festival 1964
- 1st prize of the young film critic, Locarno 1964
- Italian Film Club Award 1964
- Prize of CINEMA 60 magazine, Rome 1964
- Young German Film Critics' Prize for Best Debut Film, Oberhausen 1965
- Best film of May 1965 by the Evangelical Film Guild
Reviews
“A very authentic-looking game study, staged based on the reality found, about the life of sixteen to eighteen year olds with (or more precisely: next to) the older generation - the external plot is determined by the experiences of 17 year old Peter, who is not only an apprentice The self-service shop always seems to pull the buck. A demanding testimony to high psychological and artistic empathy. "
“A documentary feature film of a high artistic level, which is characterized by remarkable empathy, great naturalness, authenticity and a love of truth. I warmly and emphatically recommend young people and adults alike. "
“With his first feature film, Milos Forman, the 33-year-old dramaturge at the Prague showroom, Milos Forman, achieved a masterpiece that was awarded the First Prize at the Locarno Festival. The semi-documentary play of light, which depicts two days from the life of a 16-year-old apprentice, analyzes the young Czech generation's feelings of love and life in the manner of cinéma vérité without ideological clouding. In the loosely strung together episodes, which are mainly filmed with amateur actors, Forman is committed to the youth, who polemicize against maddening fathers and uptight morals. In the sincerity of the method and the setting, this report is the best film from the Eastern Bloc that has hit our cinemas recently. It runs in the Federal Republic in an exemplary synchronization of Defa. "
"Predicate 'valuable'"
Web links
- Black Peter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A few photos at cinema.de