Director:
Pavel JuráčekGuión:
Pavel JuráčekCámara:
Jan KališMúsica:
Luboš FišerReparto:
Lubomír Kostelka, Klára Jerneková, Slávka Budínová, Milena Zahrynowská, Pavel Landovský, Miroslav Macháček, Radovan Lukavský, Nataša Gollová, Jiří Hálek (más)Sinopsis(1)
A man becomes lost on a country road and finds himself in an alternative, nightmare world that mirrors (then) modern-day Czechoslovakia. Needless to say the film was not warmly received by the authorities, and like his earlier surrealist masterwork Josef Kilián, was promptly 'banned forever'. A free-form and darkly surreal adaptation of Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels', Pavel Juráček's film also channels Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka to create one of Czecholsovak cinema's most unique and deeply disturbing works. (Second Run)
(más)Reseñas (2)
Pavel Juráček was primarily a screenwriter, but he also directed one of the most interesting films in Czech cinematic history. During a brief period of creative freedom, he made an imaginative allegory based on the famous novel "Gulliver's Travels," highlighting the absurdity of life in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. This film is not only a key work of Pavel Juráček, but also the most significant role of actor Lubomír Kostelka. The plot is not crucial; what matters is the atmosphere built on black humor, biting sarcasm, and immense exaggeration. The regime never forgave Juráček for his film, and things ultimately ended up very badly for him. If there is a cinematic work in the second half of the 20th century in Czechoslovakia that reflects Kafka's literary style based on absurdity, it is Case for a Rookie Hangman. Overall impression: 100%.
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A beautiful metaphor of absurd political domination and the fleeting consequences of our own existence, definitely one of the bravest and most formally unconventional films of Czech cinema. No need to add more...
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