Case for a Rookie Hangman
1970 Czechoslovak drama film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Directed by | Pavel Juráček |
Written by | Pavel Juráček |
Based on | Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift |
Starring | Lubomír Kostelka |
Cinematography | Jan Kališ |
Edited by | Miroslav Hájek |
Music by | Luboš Fišer |
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Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
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]