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A Boring Afternoon

Sunday afternoon at a pub somewhere on the outskirts of Prague. A couple of regulars and random beer drinkers are killing time, while the local football club plays the most important match of its existence. A Boring Afternoon (1964) was made as part of the “generation manifesto” of the Czech New Wave, Pearls of the Deep (1965), based on the stories of Bohumil Hrabal.

  • Czechoslovakia
  • 1964, 16 min
  • Director: Ivan Passer
  • Director of photography: Jaroslav Kučera, Miroslav Ondříček
  • Editor: Miroslav Hájek
  • Screenplay: Bohumil Hrabal, Ivan Passer (podle stejnojmenné povídky Bohumila Hrabala ze sbírky Perlička na dně / based on the story of the s
  • Cast: Kamila Turková, Leopold Smolík, Josef Vaništa, Jan Tožička, Miloš Končický, Ota Hurych, Bohumil Hrabal
  • Contacts: Národní filmový archiv
  • Producer: Bohumil Šmída, Ladislav Fikar
  • Production: FS Barrandov


Ivan Passer

Ivan Passer (1933) was one of the leading figures of the Czech New Wave. Originally a bricklayer and metal caster by trade, he enrolled in Prague’s FAMU, where he met Miloš Forman, and graduated in scriptwriting. He assisted Forman during the making of Black Peter (1964) and they co-wrote The Loves of a Blond (1966) and The Firemen’s Ball (1967). His first film, A Boring Afternoon (1964), was made as part of the “generation manifesto” of the Czech New Wave, Pearls of the Deep. He directed his feature debut, Intimate Lighting, in 1965. In 1968, he emigrated to the United States and has since made over twenty films including Born to Win (1971), Cutter's Way (1981) and Stalin (1992).