The Limping Devil (1968) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 13, 1968

Original Title:
Kulhavý ďábel

Alternate Titles:
The Lame Devil

Genres:
Comedy | Fantasy | Music

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 82

A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking blonde, ignores the men whom the devil foists off onto her. She loves Honza (Václav Neckár) and the boy shares her feelings. The fiend is annoyed by the couple and tries to provoke a row. He sends heavy rain to force them into a hotel and then warns Zuzana's father by phone, but the young lovers manage to get out in time. Then the obstinate Asmodeus takes Honza in his sleep to the Institute for Emotional Disorders, where he shows him the ugly sides of love - hysteria, voyeurism, fetishism, suicide attempts...

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Assistant Camera:
Jan Hanzal

Assistant Director:
Jaroslav Toms
Jana Rozbrojová

Camera Operator:
Ladislav Chroust

Choreographer:
Pavel Šmok
Luboš Ogoun

Conductor:
Josef Vobruba
František Belfín

Costume Design:
Olga Dimitrovová

Costumer:
Miloslava Šmídová
Marie Knotková

Creative Producer:
Bedřich Kubala

Director:
Juraj Herz

Director of Photography:
Jan Novák

Dramaturgy:
Jiří Musil

Editor:
Jaromír Janáček

Executive Producer:
Ladislav Novotný

First Assistant Director:
Tomáš Svoboda

Makeup & Hair:
Václav Volk
Rudolf Hammer
Zdena Prchlíková

Novel:
Alain-René Lesage

Original Music Composer:
Jan Klusák

Production Design:
Zbyněk Hloch

Production Manager:
Ladislav Hanuš

Screenplay:
Bedřich Kubala
Juraj Herz

Set Decoration:
František Straka
Karel Kytka
Bedřich Čermák

Sound:
František Černý

Story:
Bedřich Kubala

Unit Production Manager:
Jordan Balurov
Jaromír Lukáš
Eva Hrubá

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