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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 |
Starring | Lubomír Kostelka |
Cinematography | Jan Kališ |
Edited by | Miroslav Hájek |
Music by | Luboš Fišer |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
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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]
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Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu re-released the film to Czech theaters in 2002.
Second Run released the film to UK Blu-ray in 2019.