Rent Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
3.7 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 20min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Jessie (Olga Schoberová), a comic book heroine, springs into real life after a scientist invents a serum to banish bad dreams. This inadvertent experiment unleashes chaos as Jessie and her comic book compatriots demand, in speechbubbles, "Freedom for dreams!". A deliriously demented gem, exploding with ingenuity, the film presages the DC and Marvel comic book franchises by several decades. Intertwining real and pop-fantasy worlds, the film audaciously subverts the fledgling superhero genre into a bold piece of political satire, and a daring defence of unfettered imagination.
- Actors:
- Dana Medrická, Jirí Sovák, Olga Schoberová, Juraj Visny, Karel Effa, Vladimír Mensík, Karel Houska, Ilja Racek, Walter Taub, Bedrich Prokos, Cestmír Randa, Otto Simánek, Svatopluk Skládal, Frantisek Holar, Jan Libícek, Jaromír Spal, Jirí Steimar, Jan Skopecek, Lubomír Kostelka, Jaroslav Kepka
- Directors:
- Václav Vorlícek
- Writers:
- Milos Macourek, Václav Vorlícek
- Aka:
- Kdo chce zabít Jessii?
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Czechoslovakia
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/08/2025
- Run Time:
- 83 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Directive (Direktiva, 1955): An early comic short film by Vaclav Vorlicek presented from a new HD transfer
- Those Crazy Czechs: An expansive video essay by film historian Michael Brooke
- A Projection Booth commentary with Mike White, Jim Laczkowski and Jonathan Owen
- World premiere on Blu-ray
