Code Name: Ruby

35 mmORU
Director:Jan Němec
Premiere:4. December 1996
Length:80 minutes
Genre:Romantic drama

Code Name: Ruby

Jméno kódu: Rubín; Jan Němec, 1996, OV /cz/ + AT, Filmotéka; Jan Němec, 1996, versions: OR,

Director: Jan Němec • Scenario: Jan Němec • Music: Jan Hammer ml. • Actors: Jan Potměšil, Lucie Rejchrtová, Čestmír Řanda ml., Josef Miřácký, Václav Tomšovský, Jaromír Typlt

This controversial feature blends documentary, archival footage and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young people in Prague, an ancient seat for the practice of alchemy, follow the trail for the mystical philosopher's stone. History and future blend as brilliant montage sequences and fanciful leaps of the imagination work to posit questions about the legacy of the past and how it influences the individual's personal freedom and responsibility.

Length: 80 min

Year: 1996
Local premiere date: 4. December 1996

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic

Language version:

OR - Original version

Director: Jan Němec • Scenario: Jan Němec • Music: Jan Hammer ml. • Actors: Jan Potměšil, Lucie Rejchrtová, Čestmír Řanda ml., Josef Miřácký, Václav Tomšovský, Jaromír Typlt

This controversial feature blends documentary, archival footage and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young people in Prague, an ancient seat for the practice of alchemy, follow the trail for the mystical philosopher's stone. History and future blend as brilliant montage sequences and fanciful leaps of the imagination work to posit questions about the legacy of the past and how it influences the individual's personal freedom and responsibility.

Year: 1996
Local premiere date: 4. December 1996

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic

Language version:

OR - Original version