Král Ubu

The story

A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements meet black humor. Using a human touch, the film- makers were able to transform the original into a film aimed at a contemporary audience while remaining faithful to the vision of Father Ubu and Mother Ubu venturing everything in their efforts to seize power and mammon.

Cast

M Marián Labuda L Lucie Bílá K Karel Roden I Ivan Zachariáš E Ester Geislerová B Bolek Polívka C Chantal Poullain I Ivan Vyskočil M Marie Drahokoupilová Z Zita Kabátová T Tomáš Hanák V Václav Chalupa

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J Jan Španbauer R Roman Krása M Marián Labuda M Milan Kasl S Stanislav Tyšer F František NovotnýBig Soldier B Branko ŠkugorMarquis Novohorský L Lou Fanánek Hagen V Václav Luks J Jan Zika D Darina Gajovská Z Zdena Razýmová M Michael Kořínek J Jaroslav Havlíček J Josef Šimáček L Lucie Čerňanská J Júlie Čerňanská S Sylvie Čerňanská L Lucie Chotová I Ivana Chotová I Ivan GübelBig Soldier (voice) (uncredited) D Dalimil KlapkaMarquis Novohorský (voice) (uncredited) I Ivo NovákGate Guard (voice) (uncredited) V Václav KotvaOld Man (voice) (uncredited) V Viola ZinkováOld Woman (voice) (uncredited)