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Aug 3, 1970 · Case for a Rookie Hangman: Directed by Pavel Jurácek. With Lubomír Kostelka, Klára Jerneková, Milena Zahrynowska, Radovan Lukavský. 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 ...
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Pavel Jurácek
- 1970-08-03
It was released in 1970. The movie belongs to the Czech New Wave . The movie can be classified as a surrealist [2] or absurdist [1] 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.
- Lubomír Kostelka
- Filmové studio Barrandov
Case for a Rookie Hangman. A man continues traveling across an unknown countryside on foot after a car accident and finds himself in a strange land with strange laws.
- Pavel Jurácek
- Drama, Fantasy
- Lubomír Kostelka
Jun 28, 2019 · Graham Williamson 28/06/2019. There aren’t many literary adaptations which begin with an apology to the source author – although there are plenty that should. But Pavel Juráček’s A Case for a Rookie Hangman, reissued on Blu-Ray by Second Run, is not like most films.
Jun 19, 2019 · David Brook. June 19, 2019. Film Reviews, Reviews. Director: Pavel Jurácek. Screenplay: Pavel Jurácek. Based on a Novel by: Jonathan Swift. Starring: Lubomír Kostelka, Klára Jerneková, Milena Zahrynowska, Radovan Lukavský. Country: Czechoslovakia. Running Time: 107 min. Year: 1970. BBFC Certificate: 12.
April 30th 2018. By. Danielle Burgos. Pavel Juráček, writer of bleak survivalist sci-fi Late August At The Hotel Ozone and contributor to the anarchic anti-morality tale Daisies, directed only five films. The last of them, Case for a Rookie Hangman, is a sharply-observed masterpiece of humanity at its most ludicrous (and therefore most human).
07/03/1970 (XC) Comedy , Drama , Fantasy 1h 42m. User. Score. Overview. 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.