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Já, truchlivý bůh (1969)

Já, truchlivý bůh poster
Original title
Já, truchlivý Bůh
Directed by
Antonín Kachlík
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tells his friend about a failed romance. They trick a young woman who loves opera by pretending the friend is a conductor. The plan is meant to get revenge by rejecting her.

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What happens

Já, truchlivý bůh (I, Mournful God) is a 1969 black-and-white Czech comedy film directed by Antonín Kachlík. Based on stories from Milan Kundera's book Laughable Loves, it stars Miloš Kopecký as Adolf, who relates a tale of spurned love to his friend Apostol (Pavel Landovský). Adolf has his friend to pose as an opera conductor to seduce the young woman (Hana Lelitová), as she loves opera, and then spurn her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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