Happy End (1966 film)
This article does not cite any sources. (August 2011) |
Happy End | |
---|---|
Directed by | Oldřich Lipský |
Written by | Oldřich Lipský Milos Macourek |
Produced by | |
Starring | Vladimír Menšík |
Cinematography | Vladimír Novotný |
Edited by | Miroslav Hájek |
Release date | 1967 |
Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
Happy End is a 1967 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. Theodor Pištěk designed the costumes for the film. The film is told backwards, beginning with the protagonist's death (which he describes as his birth) and ending with his birth (described as his death).
Plot[]
Happy end tells the life story of a butcher named Bedřich Frydrych; however, it is told entirely in reverse, giving rise to a different story than the one a forward-flowing narrative would depict. It thus begins with Bedřich's birth (his execution by guillotine), followed by a childhood spent in school (prison), whereupon he sets out into the world and soon marries, although he has to assemble his wife-to-be from various parts (killing and dismembering her, after finding out she is having an affair).
The reversed chronology also applies to dialogue: lines are read in an ostensibly reversed order, variously resulting in sheer situational comedy and dada.
Cast[]
- Vladimír Menšík - Butcher Bedřich Frydrych
- Jaroslava Obermaierová - Julie
- Josef Abrhám - Ptáček
- Bohuš Záhorský - Father-in-law
- Stella Zázvorková - Mother-in-law
- - Constable
- Helena Růžičková - Brunette
- Josef Hlinomaz - Commissioner
- Martin Růžek - Prosecutor
- - Priest
- - Warden
External links[]
- Czech-language films
- 1966 comedy films
- 1966 films
- Czechoslovak films
- Czechoslovak black-and-white films
- Czech films
- Films directed by Oldřich Lipský
- Nonlinear narrative films
- Czech comedy films
- 1960s Czech film stubs
- 1960s comedy film stubs