Death of a Bureaucrat

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Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)

Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

“It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.”

Comedy · 1h 24m

A model Cuban revolutionary tragically dies at work and, as a badge of honor, is buried with his labor card in his suit pocket. When his widow attempts to apply for his pension, the pension office demands the original labor card. Desperate, his nephew embarks on an increasingly chaotic and surreal quest through the Cuban bureaucratic system to secure permission to exhume the body, only to be met with endless forms, contradictory regulations, and apathetic officials.

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Cast

Salvador Wood Nephew
S
Silvia Planas Aunt
M
Manuel Estanillo Bureaucrat
O
Omar Alfonso Cojimar
G
Gaspar De Santelices Nephew's boss
E
Elsa Montero Sabor
L
Luis Romay El Zorro
C
Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera Psychiatrist
R
Richard Suarez Tarafa Alicia Bustamante
T
Tania Alvarado
P
Pedro Pablo Astorga

Crew

Director
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Screenplay
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alfredo L. Del Cueto, Ramón F. Suárez
Director of Photography
Ramón F. Suárez
Original Music Composer
Leo Brouwer
Editor
Mario González
Producer
Margarita Alexandre

Details

Original title
La muerte de un burócrata
Release date
1966-07-24
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Comedy
Original language
ES
Spoken languages
Spanish
Countries
Cuba
Production
ICAIC