Case for a Rookie Hangman
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Directed by | Pavel Juráček |
Written by | Pavel Juráček |
Based on | Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift |
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Cinematography | Jan Kališ |
Edited by | Miroslav Hájek |
Music by | Luboš Fišer |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
Case for a Rookie Hangman (Czech: Případ pro začínajícího kata) is a Czechoslovak drama film directed by Pavel Juráček. It was released in 1970. The movie belongs to the Czech New Wave.
The movie can be classified as a surrealist[2] or absurdist[1] satire, and it is based loosely on the third book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, but the story is transferred to an early 20th-century world in decay. The movie shows also the influence of Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland).[3]
The satire is aimed at the Czechoslovak society, and the movie was soon banned after its release in 1970.[2] That meant also the end of Juráček's career.[3]
Cast[]
- – Lemuel Gulliver
- Klára Jerneková – Markéta
- – Dominika
- Radovan Lukavský – Professor Beiel
- – Patrik
- – Vilém Seid
- – Emil
- Miroslav Macháček – Munodi
Release and Home Media[]
re-released the film to Czech theaters in 2002.
released the film to UK Blu-ray in 2019
References[]
- ^ a b "A case for the young hangman + Late august at the hotel ozone". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ a b "The Case for Pavel Jurácek". UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ a b Pajukallio, Arto (2011-08-10). "Nuoren pyövelin tapaus". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). pp. D 5.
External links[]
- Culture articles needing translation from Czech Wikipedia
- 1970 films
- Czech-language films
- 1970 drama films
- Czech films
- Czech black-and-white films
- Czech satirical films
- Films with screenplays by Pavel Juráček
- Czech drama films
- Golden Kingfisher winners
- 1970s Czech film stubs