| Case for a Rookie Hangman | |
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 Title screen from the opening credits | |
| 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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
Release date |
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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]
Plot[edit]
Cast[edit]
- Lubomír Kostelka – Lemuel Gulliver
- Klára Jerneková – Markéta
- Milena Zahrynowská – Dominika
- Radovan Lukavský – Professor Beiel
- Jiří Janda – Patrik
- Luděk Kopřiva – Vilém Seid
- Miloš Vávra – Emil
- Miroslav Macháček – Munodi
Release and home media[edit]
Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu re-released the film to Czech theaters in 2002.
Second Run released the film to UK Blu-ray in 2019.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
