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Prípad pro zacínajícího kata (1970)

| Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 3 August 1970 (Czechoslovakia)
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Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a... See full summary »

Director:

Pavel Jurácek

Writers:

Pavel Jurácek, Jonathan Swift (novel)

Stars:

Lubomír Kostelka, Klára Jerneková, Milena Zahrynowska | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Lubomír Kostelka ... Lemuel Gulliver
Klára Jerneková Klára Jerneková ... Markéta
Milena Zahrynowska ... Dominika
Radovan Lukavský ... Profesor Beiel
Jirí Janda Jirí Janda ... Patrik
Ludek Kopriva ... Vilém Seid
Milos Vávra ... Emil
Miroslav Machácek ... Munodi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karel Bodnár Karel Bodnár
Jindrich Bonaventura ... Komorník
Pavel Bosek Pavel Bosek ... docent Baux
Slávka Budínová ... Vilma Seidová
Nina Bártu Nina Bártu ... Kojná
Vítezslav Cerný ... Kat
Eduard Dubský ... Prefekt
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Storyline

Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he enters reminds Lemuel of his childhood and brings up a painful memory of a dearly loved girl Markéta who was drowned years ago. Gulliver finds himself in Balnibarbi, a country where he doesn't understand the laws and habits and so continually offends against public decency. It is a day when people are ordered to keep their mouths shut and they force their visitor to follow suit. He faces harsh interrogation and finds it difficult to explain that he is not the rabbit Oscar whose watch has been found in his possession. Written by NFA.cz

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Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Release Date:

3 August 1970 (Czechoslovakia) See more »

Also Known As:

A Case for a Young Hangman See more »

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Filmové studio Barrandov See more »
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Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Movie about our childhood dreams
20 July 2001 | by Jan Lipsansky – See all my reviews

This movie is about our childhood dreams. Lemuel Gulliver is seeking his love (who he lost in teenage years) in strange land full of strange people. But the story isn´t so main for this movie but atmosphere and feelings. You find yourself dreaming about your childhood dreams, strange adult world around you and maybe you find there are still interesting places and miracles in the world around you.
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