Directed by:
Ester KrumbachováScreenplay:
Ester KrumbachováCinematography:
Jiří MacákComposer:
Angelo MichajlovCast:
Jiřina Bohdalová, Vladimír Menšík, Ljuba Hermanová, Helena Růžičková, Jana Hana Duffková, Olga Jungová, Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová, Angelo Michajlov (more)Plots(1)
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. Murdering the Devil remains the sole directorial effort of art director and costume designer Ester Krumbachová. Who also co-wrote some of the key Czech 60s films, like Věra Chytilová's seminal monument of pop feminism, Daisies (1966), Otakar Vávra's vivisection of authoritarian structures, Witchhammer (1968), or Jaromil Jireš Carter'ianly perverse female fairy tale, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1969). Murdering the Devil had the bad luck of timing, it reached the cinemas at the extremely frosty beginning of the so-called Normalisation period. Even among like-minded souls, a work so anarchic and subversive barely stood a chance. After decades in the shadows of film history, the time to rediscover this eccentric gem has come! (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)
Vladimír Menšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ljuba Hermanová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Pan Jordán a Habada (1968) (TV movie)
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Jana Hana Duffková
Best movies:
The Ear (1970)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Olga Jungová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Three Veterans (1983)
The End of Old Times (1989)
Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Angelo Michajlov
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Murdering the Devil (1970)
Devilish Honeymoon (1970)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
Jan Němec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Murdering the Devil (1970)
The Ferrari Dino Girl (2009)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Jan Mikota
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Murdering the Devil (1970)
Powder and Petrol (1931)
The Bride (1970)
Ladislav Smoček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
All My Loved Ones (1999)
The Treasure of a Byzantine Merchant (1966)
Kawasaki's Rose (2009)
Břetislav Novotný
Best movies:
Murdering the Devil (1970)
Karel Přibyl
Best movies:
Murdering the Devil (1970)
Lubomír Malý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Murdering the Devil (1970)
Anděl svádí ďábla (1988)
Jan Širc
Best movies:
Murdering the Devil (1970)