How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

1975 · 120 min · CS · 6.6 (37 votes)
Dir. Václav Vorlíček · Starring Libuše Šafránková, Jaromír Hanzlík, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký, Vladimír Menšík, Zdeněk Řehoř · Music Vítězslav Hádl
ComedyFantasy

There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...

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A bizarre, darkly funny fairy tale steeped in Eastern European folklore. It feels like a fever dream, blending absurdist humor with a surreal, almost Lynchian atmosphere. Expect the unexpected in this peculiar, one-of-a-kind cinematic trip.

whimsicalsurrealdarkly comedicabsurdiststeadyCzech New Wavesurreal comedyfantasyfolklorebureaucracyloveenvironmentalism
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