A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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...
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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