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Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
Kdo chce zabít Jessii? (original title)

80 min  -  Comedy | Sci-Fi
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"What if someone had an absurd dream and the visions ran out in the street?" a scientist asks Rose... See full summary »

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Milos Macourek (story), Václav Vorlícek (story)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dana Medrická Dana Medrická ...
Doc. Ruzenka Beránková
Jirí Sovák Jirí Sovák ...
Doc. Jindrich Beránek
Olga Schoberová Olga Schoberová ...
Jessie
Juraj Visny Juraj Visny ...
Superman
Karel Effa Karel Effa ...
Pistolník
Vladimír Mensík Vladimír Mensík ...
Kolbaba
Karel Houska Karel Houska ...
Kolega
Ilja Racek Ilja Racek ...
Colleague
Walter Taub Walter Taub ...
Profesor (as Valtr Taub)
Bedrich Prokos Bedrich Prokos ...
Dustolny pán
Cestmír Randa Cestmír Randa ...
Prokutor
Otto Simánek Otto Simánek ...
Zástupce doc. beránkové
Svatopluk Skládal Svatopluk Skládal ...
Obhájce
Frantisek Holar Frantisek Holar ...
Reditel
Jan Libícek Jan Libícek ...
Prison Guard
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Storyline

"What if someone had an absurd dream and the visions ran out in the street?" a scientist asks Rose, a researcher who discovers a way to engender beneficial dreams (to produce contented, productive workers). There's a problem: after an injection of her elixir, dream elements become real. Rose learns this after dosing her husband Henry to stop his dreaming about Jessie, a curvaceous comic-book heroine who has anti-gravitational gloves he needs to study so he can solve a problem at the factory where he's chief engineer: Henry wakes up with Jessie asleep next to him pursued by a cowboy and a super hero. Jealousy consumes Rose. All this plus satire aimed at the Czechoslovak state. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Also Known As:

Who Killed Jessie? See more »

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

American remake of this film was discussed with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in the roles of Jirí Sovák and Dana Medrická. Juraj Visny, Karel Effa and Olga Schoberová who played Superman, the gunfighter and Jessie in the original version were asked to repeat their roles. The project broke down after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. See more »