Rent Happy End (1967)
4.0 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 12min
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- Synopsis:
- Oldrich Lipsky's one-of-a-kind black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his 'departure' as an infant. Utilising the techniques of silent cinema, the film plays with the flow of cinematic time to audacious effect. This wildly inventive and disarmingly hilarious Czech film predates the use of reverse-chronology narratives in more celebrated fiction, theatre and Hollywood cinema. Upending the usual narrative flow, 'Happy End' is a darkly surreal Dadaist delight.
- Actors:
- Vladimír Mensík, Jaroslava Obermaierová, Josef Abrhám, Bohus Záhorský, Stella Zázvorková, Jaroslav Stercl, Helena Ruzicková, Josef Hlinomaz, Martin Ruzek, Jirí Steimar, Bedrich Prokos, Mirko Musil, Lena Birková, Ilona Bradácová, Lubomír Bryg, Vladimír Cech, Jan Fleischer, Ladislav Gzela, Jirina Hladikova, Milena Jandova
- Directors:
- Oldrich Lipský
- Producers:
- Milos Stejskal
- Writers:
- Oldrich Lipský, Milos Macourek
- Aka:
- Štastný konec
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
- Countries:
- Czechoslovakia
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/03/2024
- Run Time:
- 73 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W (Sepia Tone)
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- A Projection Booth audio commentary with Mike White, Kat Ellinger and Ben Buckingham
- Cerise Howard on 'Happy End': a video essay by the film critic and Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival
- World premiere on Blu-ray
