Description
Presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
Pavel Jurácek's free-form and darkly surreal adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels also channels Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka to create one of Czechoslovak cinema's most audacious and disturbing works.
Lost on a country road, a man finds himself trapped in a nightmare world that mirrors Communist-era Czechoslovakia. This transgressive film, like his earlier surrealist triumph Josef Kilián (1963), greatly provoked the authorities and was promptly 'banned forever'.
Jurácek, co-writer of Czech masterworks Daisies, Ikarie XB 1 and A Jester's Tale, was never allowed to direct another film - but his legacy and his commitment to poetic and political truth, remains one of the most profound, invigorating and important in all Czech cinema.
Product details
| SKU | 5060114151420 |
| Alphabetical Title | Case for a Rookie Hangman , A |
| Blu-Ray Region | A, B, C |
| Brand / Publisher | Second Run |
| Catalogue Number | SECONDRUNBD022 |
| Certificate | 12 |
| Colour | Black & White |
| Countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Director | Pavel Jurácek |
| Extras | <ul style |
| Format | Blu-ray |
| Language(s) | Czech |
| Product contents | 1 disc |
| Running time | 104 mins |
| Subtitles | English |
| Year | 1970 |
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