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Death of a Bureaucrat

Original title: La muerte de un burócrata
  • 1966
  • Unrated
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.4K
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Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)
Comedy

A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.

  • Director
    • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
  • Writers
    • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
    • Alfredo L. Del Cueto
    • Ramón F. Suárez
  • Stars
    • Salvador Wood
    • Silvia Planas
    • Manuel Estanillo
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
    • Writers
      • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
      • Alfredo L. Del Cueto
      • Ramón F. Suárez
    • Stars
      • Salvador Wood
      • Silvia Planas
      • Manuel Estanillo
    • 7User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Salvador Wood
    • Nephew
    Silvia Planas
    • Aunt
    Manuel Estanillo
    • Bureaucrat
    Gaspar De Santelices
    • Nephew's boss
    Tania Alvarado
    Pedro Pablo Astorga
    Laura Zerra
      Roberto Gacio
      Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera
      • Pope of psychiatry
      Omar Alfonso
      • Cojimar
      Rafael Sosa
      Rolando Vidal
      Alicia Bustamante
      Rafael Díaz
      Carlos Gargallo
      Elsa Montero
      • Sabor
      Rolando de los Reyes
      Fausto Rodríguez
      • Director
        • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
      • Writers
        • Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
        • Alfredo L. Del Cueto
        • Ramón F. Suárez
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      A surprisingly critical and hilarious vision of Havana in '66
      When lent this film by a Spanish professor, my expectations were not high -- I had no idea this film from the early years of revolutionary Cuba was by Gutierrez Alea, Tinton, the director of Strawberries and Chocalate. Now, having seen the film, I wonder how it is that such a wonderful, imaginative work is not better known. For a good laugh, this can hardly be beat.

      "Death of a Bureaucrat"(Muerte de un burocrata) is the story of a body that just can't get in the ground, and the frustrations suffered by the deceased's family in trying to address this situation. With the themes of bureaucratic rigidity, death, burial and the challenges of (then) modern-day Cuban life, we see linkages to Tinton's last work, "Guantanamera". The director has played with a range of techniques borrowed from some of the greats -- we find Bunuel's dream sequences, Chaplin's battles with the machine, and Keaton's daring-do. Hopefully, with the success of Tinton's final works, some of his earlier works will come into vogue.
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      • May 6, 1999

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      • Release date
        • July 24, 1966 (Cuba)
      • Country of origin
        • Cuba
      • Language
        • Spanish
      • Also known as
        • Der Tod eines Bürokraten
      • Production company
        • Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC)
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $3,323
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 25 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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