Prefabricated Houses

Prefabricated Houses

6 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1960

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.”

Prefabricated Houses

6 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1960

Prefabricated Houses
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.”
Producers Studio FAMU
Original title Domy z panelů
Directors Jiří Menzel
Writers Jan Svoboda, Jiří Menzel

Cast

Alexandr Postler

as Narrator (voice)