28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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A Pedestrian Missing
A Pedestrian Missing

A Pedestrian Missing

František Papoušek / Czechoslovakia / 1964 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 8 min.


synopsis

A mouth shaped like an air pump, an enlarged chest and no legs – this is what homo koumes, the representative of mattress and transistor culture, will look like in the future. A satirical essay about the neglect of hiking, it depicts a new type of man who flees to the countryside in the same droves as homo sapiens, a man on foot, only with bicycles for legs.

biography

František Papoušek (1918–1992), an editor and sports filmmaker, filmed the most important sporting events around the world from 1949 onwards, be it the Olympic Games or the Ice Hockey World Championship. The social significance of movement is also the subject of his feature film A Pedestrian Missing.

more about film

director: František Papoušek

contact

Juraj Machálek
Národní 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:Czechoslovak Film Feuilleton
language:Czech
subtitles:No Subtitle
colour:Black and white

Info

director:František Papoušek
original title:Ztratil se pěší člověk
country:Czechoslovakia
year:1964
running time:8 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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