Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
- Original title
- Případ pro začínajícího kata
- Directed by
- Pavel Juráček
- Genre
- drama film, parable
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 25 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 man finds himself in a decaying early 20th century world based loosely on Gulliver's Travels. The film satirizes Czechoslovak society through absurd and surreal events.
surrealabsurdistsatiricalbleakcerebralunsettlingslow-burndreamlike
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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