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Case for a Rookie Hangman
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Wikipedia article
'Case for a Rookie Hangman' is a Czechoslovak drama film directed by Pavel Jurek. 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 Jurek's career.
Cast
* Lubomr Kostelka Lemuel Gulliver
* Klra Jernekov Markta
* Milena Zahrynowsk Dominika
* Radovan Lukavsk Professor Beiel
* Ji Janda Patrik
* Ludk Kopiva Vilm Seid
* Milo Vvra Emil
* Miroslav Machek Munodi
Release and Home Media
Asociace Ceskch Filmovch Klubu re-released the film to Czech theaters in 2002.
Second Run released the film to UK Blu-ray in 2019
References
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