Horror Story

The story

The distinctive artist, typographer, and writer Josef Váchal is known to the public primarily for his Blood Novel. The surrealistic exuberance of this defense of 19th-century pulp fiction caught the attention of Jaroslav Brabec and his colleagues, who found a corresponding image of 20th-century "trash." The authors' interest focuses primarily on the silent film era, with a journey through the history of cinema continuing through the advent of sound film to the present day (auteur cinema of the 1960s, modern horror), formally employing techniques such as tinted film. The versatile parody intertwines a colorful plot with the story of the author (Váchal/Paseky), who comments on and creates his book, and is further split in the plot into the characters of Fragonard and the Master. As with Váchal, reality increasingly enters the fiction, so that the only "happy ending" turns out to be the artist's finished work.

Cast

O Ondřej PavelkaPaseka / Master / Fragonard K Klára JirsákováElzevíra R Raoul SchránilPrince Pedro di Rudibanera J Jakub SaicKurt V Vladimír MarekIgnác V Veronika FreimanováKuba's Wife J Jiřina JelenskáFather Bruna R Rudolf HrušínskýKuba B Barbora LeichnerováHanička P Pavel PípalKalina J Jaromír DulavaTřasoň B Barbora HrzánováHonoluluan

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M Martin DejdarHonoluluan J Jitka AsterováKlárka K Kateřina FrýbováAnna Kocourková J Josef KemrHanička's Grandfather J Jiří BartoškaRolf O Oldřich VlachPoliceman M Milan ŠteindlerFugitive Madman V Vlastimil BedrnaVailaurd B Bořivoj NavrátilDr. Římsa M Marek VašutCaptain Rodriguez O Oto ŠevčíkPirate Leader M Martinus SoedjokoAlbatrus Cook P Pavel NovýOutcast R Roman SkameneOutcast R Rudolf HrušínskýOutcast J Jiřina TřebickáHáta J Jan SkopečekHermit P Petr DrozdaSalvation Army Agent S Stanislav HájekTall Jesuit J Josef HrubýTavern Keeper H Helena LehkáMother Superior M Miriam KantorkováMadam D Daniel KrandaMan J Jan Antonín DuchoslavOutcast Doctor T Tereza BrabcováBidder J Jiří BrožekDrunk V Václav MarhoulMan L Ludmila MichalováProstitute Z Zdenka ŽerskáProstitute S Sylvie KrobováProstitute J Jarmila BělíkováProstitute L Ladislav KlepalOutcast P Petr ReidingerOutcast V Viktor SpoustaOutcast A Arnošt KurellPirate P Petr TaťounPirate P Petr VoříšekOutcast L Ladislav HoráčekPublisher L Lubomír ŠvehelkaPublisher V Vít KahlePublisher Z Zdeněk DragounPublisher J Jindřich ŠpicnerPublisher J Julius HůlekPublisher P Pavel ŠtefanPublisher T Tamara NathováProstitute Z Zuzana SixtováProstitute A Alena ZemančíkováProstitute J Jaroslav Tomsa J Jiří Kraus M Martin Hub J Jiří Kuba P Pavel Myslík F Frantisek Stupka K Karel Vávrovec R Rudolf Bok F František Jákl J Jaroslav Vlk L Leo Stransky V Viktor Červenka J Jindřich Klaus K Karel Augusta ml. Z Zdeněk Dvořáček M Milan SlepičkaPirate / Bandit Z Zbyšek Svatek Z Zdeněk Krumpl P Pavel Cajzl P Pavel Vokoun A Arnošt Böhm