Film
Murdering the Devil
Vražda ing. Čerta • Ester Krumbachová • CSSR 1970 • 72min
czOF+enUT • DCP
01.03.2024, 17:30 Leokino Film Introduction: Eva Binder (KinoZeitreisen) • In cooperation with KinoZeitreisen • With the kind support of TSCHECHISCHES ZENTRUM WIEN
»Yes, I’ve been always tempted by a sin.«
She is in her forties – or near them – and life isn’t at all what she expected. Maybe a trip down memory lane could help? In her younger days there had been a splendid young man, Bohouš Čert, whom she fancied and who had also seemed interested in her. And so, she looks for and finds Bohouš Čert, who is now Engineer Čert. He has become pretentious, arrogant, self-involved – a nightmare. And still, she thinks it has to be this cretinous creature who will lead her to the altar. (Olaf Möller, International Rotterdam Film Festival)
Director, Writer, Costume Ester Krumbachová Cinematography Jirí Macák Edit Miroslav Hájek Music Angelo Michajlov Cast Jirina Bohdalová, Vladimír Mensík, Ljuba Hermanová, Helena Ruzicková
Ester Krumbachová (1923–1996) was a Czech screenwriter, costume designer, stage designer, author and director. She is known for her contributions to Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s, including collaborations with directors Věra Chytilová and Jan Němec. Krumbachová would often act as both writer and art director on the films she worked on, such as Daisies and Fruit of Paradise. She directed one film in her lifetime, being Murdering the DeviL. Krumbachová was largely banned from working in film during the 1980s by the communist party due to her involvement in the political satire film A Report on the Party and the Guests. (Wikipedia)
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