| Case for a Rookie Hangman | |
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Title screen from the opening credits |
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| Directed by | Pavel Juráček |
| Written by | Pavel Juráček Jonathan Swift |
| Based on | Gulliver's Travels |
| Starring | Lubomír Kostelka |
| Music by | Luboš Fišer |
| Cinematography | Jan Kališ |
| Editing by | Miroslav Hájek |
| Studio | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
| Release date(s) | 3 August 1970 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
Case for a Rookie Hangman (Czech: Případ pro začínajícího kata) is a Czech drama film directed by Pavel Juráček. It was released in 1970. The movie belongs to the Czech New Wave.
The movie can be classified as a surrealist satire, and it is based loosely on the third book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, but the story is transferred to an early 20th century world in decay. The movie shows also the influence of Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland).[1]
The satire is aimed at the Czechoslovakian society, and the movie was soon shelved after its release in 1970. That meant also the end of Juráček's career.[2]