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A Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)

Lemuel Gulliver has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he enters reminds Lemuel of his childhood and brings up a painful memory of a dearly loved girl Markéta who was drowned years ago. Gulliver finds himself in Balnibarbi, a country where he doesn't understand the laws and habits and so continually offends against public decency. It is a day when people are ordered to keep their mouths shut and they force their visitor to follow suit. He faces harsh interrogation and finds it difficult to explain that he is not the rabbit Oscar whose watch has been found in his possession.

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Fantasy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Lubomír KostelkaLubomír KostelkaLemuel Gulliver
  • Photo of Pavel LandovskýPavel LandovskýFízl
  • Photo of Klára JernekováKlára JernekováMarkéta
  • Photo of Milena ZahrynowskáMilena ZahrynowskáDominika
  • Photo of Luděk KopřivaLuděk KopřivaVilém Seid
  • Photo of Slávka BudínováSlávka BudínováVilma Seidová
  • Photo of Pavel BošekPavel Bošekdocent Baux
  • Photo of František HolarFrantišek HolarVedoucí dobrovolník
  • Photo of Miroslav MacháčekMiroslav MacháčekMunodi
  • Photo of Věra FerbasováVěra FerbasováMunodiová

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