Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
1h 42m
Running Time
July 3, 1970Release Date
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
1h 42m
Running Time
July 3, 1970Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he enters reminds Lemuel of his childhood and brings up a painful memory of a dearly loved girl Markéta who was drowned years ago. Gulliver finds himself in Balnibarbi, a country where he doesn't understand the laws and habits and so continually offends against public decency. It is a day when people are ordered to keep their mouths shut and they force their visitor to follow suit. He faces harsh interrogation and finds it difficult to explain that he is not the rabbit Oscar whose watch has been found in his possession.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Lubomír Kostelka
Lemuel Gulliver

Pavel Landovský
Fízl

Klára Jerneková
Markéta

Milena Zahrynowská
Dominika

Luděk Kopřiva
Vilém Seid

Slávka Budínová
Vilma Seidová

Pavel Bošek
docent Baux

František Holar
Vedoucí dobrovolník

Miroslav Macháček
Munodi

Věra Ferbasová
Munodiová

Eduard Dubský
Prefekt

Miloš Vávra
Emil

Jiřina Jirásková
Tadeášová

Jiří Hálek
Guvernér

Jiří Janda
Patrik

Radovan Lukavský
Profesor Beiel

Jiří Hrzán
Vyskoc

Zdeněk Kryzánek
Ministr orby

Vítězslav Černý
Kat

František Husák
Básník

Nina Bártů
Kojná

Miroslav Homola
Pravnuk trubace Melichara

Josef Kořán
Dokazovatel

Miloš Hlaváč
Usvedcovatel

Marta Krásová
Dáma

Vladimír Hrabánek
Vandrák v autobuse

Jindřich Bonaventura
Komorník

Leoš Suchařípa
Tadeáš

Karel Vašíček
Muz s kockou

Daniela Šrajerová
Elévka

Dagmar Rosíková
Tamer

Milena Kleinerová
Studentka

Karel Mareš
Asistent Reum

Petr Hapka
Klavírista

René Gabzdyl
Povalec

Ladislav Jakim
student Krystof

Emil Iserle
Pensioner

Eduard Pavlíček
Ministr války

Viktor Maurer
Emen

Karel Svoboda
Administrátor

Marie Štrampachová
Costumed Woman

J. Holovská
Whore in the Bus

Regina Rázlová
Dominika (voice)

Nataša Gollová
referentka / Costumed Woman (voice)

Hana Talpová
Whore in the Bus (voice)

Jindřich Narenta
Voice in Newsreel (voice)

Jan Přeučil
King Matouš (voice)

Pavel Juráček
Director / Screenplay / Creative Producer

Nina Divíšková
Recorder (voice)

Boris Adamec
First Assistant Director

Václav Nývlt
Dramaturgy

Irena Klausová
Script

Viktor Růžička
Assistant Camera

Jolana Bajtková
Assistant Director

Jitka Faktorová
Assistant Director

Jan Sedláček
Assistant Production Design

Tomáš Svoboda
First Assistant Director

Rudolf Holan
Camera Operator

Zdeněk Jeřábek
Set Decoration

František Čížek
Makeup & Hair

Jan Vild
Unit Production Manager

Miloš Sršeň
Set Decoration

Antonín Heřman
Gaffer

Jaroslav Kučera
Executive Producer

Theodor Pištěk
Costume Design

Jan Šuster
Unit Production Manager

Antonín Jedlička
Sound Effects

Oldřich Mach
Assistant Production Manager

Ondrej Brezovský
Costumer

František Belfín
Conductor

Vlasta Matuchová
Makeup & Hair

I. Houser
Set Decoration

Jaroslava Haderková
Costumer

Rudolf Kinský
Set Decoration

Jitka Šulcová
Assistant Editor

J. Štor
Costumer

Bohumír Brunclík
Sound Effects

Blanka Rýdlová
Clapper Loader

Miloslav Mirvald
Still Photographer

Jan Kališ
Director of Photography

Luboš Fišer
Original Music Composer

Vladimír Dvořák
Art Direction

Hugo Demartini
Art Direction

Miroslav Hájek
Editor

Jonathan Swift
Novel

Milan Nejedlý
Production Design

František Fabián
Sound

Jan Balzer
Production Manager

Antonín Klimeš

Blažena Vernerová

Martin Kostelka

Libor Fára

Karel Engel

Z. Petrů

Milan Udržal

Miloslav Horáček

Antonín Klepáč

Karel Bodnár

Alois Čuřík

František Kubíček

Miroslav Hotový

Miroslav Laňka

Viktor Očásek

Marie Grófová

Vratislav Blažek

Bohuslav Kupšovský

Jan Maška

J. Kubečka

Žofie Futerová

E. Poláchová

J. Hladký

Helena Živná
Media.

Details.
Release DateJuly 3, 1970
Original NamePřípad pro začínajícího kata
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
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Wiki.
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 or absurdist 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).
The satire is aimed at the Czechoslovak society, and the movie was soon banned after its release in 1970. That meant also the end of Juráček's career.
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