Blocks of Flats (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.”

Released

1960-01-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

6 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jiří Menzel, Jiří Menzel, Jan Svoboda

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 3 votes