A Ridiculous Gentleman (1969) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 28, 1969

Original Title:
Směšný pán

Alternate Titles:
A Funny Old Man
Muž na ulici

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 81

When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill herself after his recovery from heart surgery in this symbolic story of a man trying to determine his own fate in his last days alive.

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Assistant Director:
Jaroslava Čapková
Karel Brchel

Assistant Production Design:
Antonín Šimral

Camera Operator:
Karel Hejsek

Conductor:
František Belfín

Costume Design:
Irena Greifová

Costumer:
M. Dostálová
Dagmar Krausová

Creative Producer:
Jan Procházka

Director:
Karel Kachyňa

Director of Photography:
Josef Pávek

Editor:
Miroslav Hájek

Executive Producer:
Erich Švabík

First Assistant Director:
Milada Mikešová

Makeup & Hair:
Rudolf Buneš
Anna Volšičková
Stanislav Petřek

Original Music Composer:
Zdeněk Liška

Production Design:
Oldřich Okáč

Production Manager:
Karel Vejřík

Screenplay:
Jan Procházka
Karel Kachyňa

Set Decoration:
Čestmír Diviš
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Vladimír Ježek

Sound:
Jiří Lenoch

Story:
Jan Procházka

Unit Production Manager:
Rudolf Mos
Ladislav Dražan

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