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The Barnabás Kos Case

04/16/1965

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1hr 28min

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Comedy

,Drama

STORY

In this bitingly satirical film Peter Slovan, a continuous source of trouble for the film functionaries of the socialist Slovakia, tackles an evergreen topic – the corruptive effects of power. Barnabáš Kos, a triangle player at a symphonic orchestra, is suddenly promoted to serve as the head of the said institution, even though both he and his superiors deem him completely unfit for the task. Encouraged in equal parts by this unexpected recognition and the servile praise of his colleagues, Kos’s modesty starts to gradually vanish. The erstwhile bashful and aloof percussionist quickly becomes aware of the advantages of his new office, and begins to realise his increasingly ludicrous artistic ambitions. Ultimately, the submissive marionette turns into a source of public humiliation, and his astonishing career finds an abrupt end. Orchestra serves here as a microcosm that grotesquely reflects the absurd and tragicomic mechanisms of the paranoid apparatus of power.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Josef Kemr
  • Jarmila Košťová
  • Milivoj Uzelac
  • Josef Bartl
  • Ján Bzdúch

    Directors

  • Jozef Šafarka
  • Eva Štefankovičová
  • Peter Solan

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava

    Production Countries

  • Czechoslovakia

LANGUAGES

  • Slovak

Cast

Josef Kemr

Barnabáš Kos

Jarmila Košťová

Julka

Josef Bartl

Ján Bzdúch

Gregus

Hana Sarvašová

Viliam Polónyi

Gajdoš

Jozef Hanúsek

Naďa Hejná

Růžičková

Dagmar Kákošová

Jindřich Láznička

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