Directed by:
Oldřich LipskýCinematography:
Vladimír NovotnýComposer:
Vlastimil HálaCast:
Vladimír Menšík, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Josef Abrhám, Bohuš Záhorský, Stella Zázvorková, Jiří Steimar, Martin Růžek, Bedřich Prokoš, Josef Hlinomaz (more)Plots(1)
Oldřich Lipský's one-of-a-kind Czech black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a philanderer and condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his departure as an infant. Starring the great Vladimír Menšík in a rare leading role, the film is wildly inventive and disarmingly hilarious. The reverse chronology, with events playing out completely backwards, upends the narrative flow to become a playful, surreal, Dadaist experience unlike anything else in contemporary cinema. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Miloš Macourek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Oldřich Velen
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Viktor Očásek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Happy End (1967)
Jan Maška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Happy End (1967)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Ilona Cicvárková
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Milena Jandová
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Le Corps de Diane (1969)
Jiří Kasík
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Happy End (1967)
Vojtěch Kheck
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Náš dědek Josef (1976)
Hvězda (1969)
Milan Kindl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
The Devil's Trap (1961)
Josef Krameš
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1966)
Courage for Every Day (1964)
Ivan Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Private Torment (1967)
Jan Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Happy End (1967)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Jiří Sýkora
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Happy End (1967)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Kateřina Krausová
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Helena Rychterová
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Otakar Kuttner
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Ladislav Gzela
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Witchhammer (1969)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Vlastimila Vlková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Happy End (1967)
Jan Fleischer
UK
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Straw Hat (1971)
Mikola a Mikolko (1988)