May I Have This Dance? - Czechoslovakia
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16mm Film - May I Have This Dance? - Czechoslovakia 1964
Script and Direction: Vera Plívová-Simková
Camera: Josef Novotný
Music: Miloslav Ducháč
Cast: Dušan Konečný, Doris Papoušková, Vlasta Brymová, Milan Mixa, Jan Špachta, Květa Hanušová, Karel Kraus, Bohumil Duchaň, Zdeněk Piskač, Bedřich Šmarda, Zuzana Burianová, Jitka Kučerová, Zdenka Lorencová, and others.
The short film by well-known Czech director Vera Plívová-Simková observes the course of a dance class in 1964. In the story, a girl is embarrassed to wear her glasses during dance lessons.
The dance lessons in the hall at the Žofín begin. Šárka is embarrassed that she's the only one wearing glasses, so she prefers to hide them in her bag. She can't see who she's dancing with now, but she doesn't feel inferior. The dance master demonstrates individual steps and turns while also humorously instructing the young participants in the rules of social etiquette. Šárka's friend Hanka admires a skilled dancer...
Script and Direction: Vera Plívová-Simková
Camera: Josef Novotný
Music: Miloslav Ducháč
Cast: Dušan Konečný, Doris Papoušková, Vlasta Brymová, Milan Mixa, Jan Špachta, Květa Hanušová, Karel Kraus, Bohumil Duchaň, Zdeněk Piskač, Bedřich Šmarda, Zuzana Burianová, Jitka Kučerová, Zdenka Lorencová, and others.
The short film by well-known Czech director Vera Plívová-Simková observes the course of a dance class in 1964. In the story, a girl is embarrassed to wear her glasses during dance lessons.
The dance lessons in the hall at the Žofín begin. Šárka is embarrassed that she's the only one wearing glasses, so she prefers to hide them in her bag. She can't see who she's dancing with now, but she doesn't feel inferior. The dance master demonstrates individual steps and turns while also humorously instructing the young participants in the rules of social etiquette. Šárka's friend Hanka admires a skilled dancer...
Sources
- YouTube channel: The Art of Film on 16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
- 16mm Filmography editors — title, year, description
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