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A Ridiculous Gentleman (1969)
Directed by Karel Kachyňa
Drama · 1h 21m
When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill herself after his recovery from heart surgery in this symbolic story of a man trying to determine his own fate in his last days alive.
Cast
Vladimír Šmeral
Jiří Adamíra
Josef Patočka
Dana Klichová
Evelyna Steimarová
Carmen Mayerová
Dáša Neblechová
Crew
- Director
- Karel Kachyňa
- Screenplay
- Jan Procházka, Karel Kachyňa
- Director of Photography
- Josef Pávek
- Original Music Composer
- Zdeněk Liška
- Editor
- Miroslav Hájek
Details
- Original title
- Směšný pán
- Release date
- 1969-11-28
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Filmové studio Barrandov