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A film for wide audiences made for the centennial of the first performance of French playwright Alfred Jarry's King Ubu (1896). It is 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. Ubu is the feature film debut of the successful Czech cinematographer F. A. Brabec (b. 1954).
35mm | 84' | © 1996
director(s): F. A. Brabec
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): M. Macourek
director of photography: F. A. Brabec
cast: M. Labuda, L. Bílá, K. Roden, B. Polívka, Ch. Poulleain and others
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English, French
other data: Festival Awards
Grand Prize - FAMAFEST 1999