A Case for the New Hangman / Joseph Kilian DVD

A Case for the New Hangman​
Written and Directed by: Pavel Juráček; Director of Photography: Jan Kališ; Editor: Miroslav Hájek; Music: Luboš Fišer; Set Design: Milan Nejedlý
cast: Lubomír Kostelka, Pavel Landovský, Klára Jerneková, Milena Zahrynowská, Luděk Kopřiva, Slávka Budínová, Pavel Bošek, Miroslav Macháček, Věra Ferbasová, Eduard Dubský, Jiřina Jirásková, Jiří Hálek, Radovan Lukavský, Nataša Gollová, Jiří Hrzán and others.

The Lemuel Gulliver of Dlouhá Street takes an unexpected journey to the flying island of Laputa, in the realm of Balnibarbi, and back again. The parable about a totalitarian system, where bizarre laws are in force and unwritten rules are adhered to, mixes with a fantastical spectacle in which “dreams touch the world and the world touches dreams”. In twelve chapters, the Kafkaesque motion picture, Case for the New Hangman, tells the timeless tale of a foreigner who brings hope and excitement to the stagnant waters of Balnibarbi whereupon, instead of being received as a guest, he is treated with suspicion.

Joseph Kilian
Written and Directed by: Pavel Juráček, Jan Schmidt; Director of Photography: Jan Čuřík; Editor: Zdeněk Stehlík; Music: Wiliam Bukový; Set Design: Oldřich Bosák
Cast:  Karel Vašíček, Consuela Morávková, Ivan Růžička, Jiří Stivín and others

“In one word, describe the difference between man and animal.”
“Reason?”
“No! Discipline!”

The allegorical motion picture, Joseph Kilian, rousingly exposes how human obsession with order leaves him sour and dull. The central character, a man who, having leased a feline companion for a single day, laboriously tries to return him the next to avoid a fine and in the process, experiences endless drama. The rental shop is nowhere to be found so the man, with the cat in his briefcase, treads through a labyrinth of hallways, waiting rooms and offices, finally growing accustomed to his burden.

Bonus materials:
Trailer A Case for the New Hangman (Jan Bušta, 2016)
Cars without a Home (Jan Schmidt, 1959)
A Box of Film (Václav Sklenář, 1958)
The Uninvited Guest (Vlastimil Venclík, 1969)
Caterwauling (Věra Chytilová, 1960)Black and White Sylva (Jan Schmidt, 1961)