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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.Read moreLess
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.
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 & crew
Marián LabudaCast
Lucie BíláCast
Karel RodenCast
Ester GeislerováCast
Bolek PolívkaCast
Chantal PoullainCast
Ivan VyskočilCast
Marie Drahokoupilová
Zita KabátováCast
Tomáš HanákCast
Václav ChalupaCastExplore the crew
- Director
- F. A. Brabec
- Screenplay
- Miloš Macourek
- Director of Photography
- F. A. Brabec
- Editor
- Boris Machytka
- Original Music Composer
- Luboš Fišer