The Party and the Guests ( O slavnosti a hostech ) ( A Report on the Party and the Guests )

The Party and the Guests (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: O slavnosti a hostech
Alternate Title: A Report on the Party and the Guests
Language Selections:
Czech ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
68 min + 12 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Jan Nemec

Written By:
Ester Krumbachová

Actors:
Ivan Vyskocil ..... Hostitel
Jan Klusák ..... Rudolf
Jiri Nemec ..... Josef
Pavel Bosek ..... Frantisek
Karel Mares ..... Karel
Evald Schorm ..... Manzelský
Jana Pracharova ..... Manzelský:
Zdena Skvorecka ..... Eva
Milon Novotny ..... Zenich
Helena Pejsková ..... Marta
Dana Nemcova ..... Nevesta Olinka
Antonin Prazak ..... Antonin
Josef Skvorecky ..... Guest

Synopsis:

Distinguished by being 'banned forever' in its native Czech Republic, Jan Nemec's 'A Report on the Party' is a great film from the flowering of the Czech cinema in the 1960s. It is a political thriller that satirizes unquestionable conformity. A group of happy picnickers are accosted by a group of strangers led by a bullying sadist who has an unbreakable hold over his followers. After he interrogates one of them, a stranger then invites everyone to a nonsensical, but elegant and formal banquet outdoors. Nemec documents the process of self-deception and rationalization which lead to an acceptance of constrant; free will and freedom are seen as difficult to maintain and easily discarded. The affair is bizarre, and ends when one of the guests (played by film director Evald Schorm) chooses not to remain and escapes. His compatriots agree that he must be recaptured, and the group arms and hunts him down. The film concludes with the nightmarish barking of search dogs.

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