A Dead Man Among the Living (1949)
- Original title
- Mrtvý mezi živými
- Directed by
- Bořivoj Zeman
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A postal worker experiences a moral crisis after an armed robbery at his office. The story follows his internal struggle and the consequences of his actions.
tensesuspensefulmoralpsychologicalnoir-ishgloomyintrospective
What happens
A Dead Man Among the Living (Czech: Mrtvý mezi živými) is a 1949 Czech thriller film directed by Bořivoj Zeman and starring Karel Höger, Eduard Dubský and Vjaceslav Irmanov. The film is based on the 1931 novel To levende og en død (lit. Two living and one dead) by the Norwegian writer Sigurd Christiansen. Following an armed robbery at his office, a postal worker suffers a crisis of conscience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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