Horror Story
Krvavý román
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.
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Cast
Ondřej Pavelka
as Paseka / Master / Fragonard
Raoul Schránil
as Prince Pedro di Rudibanera
Vladimír Marek
as Ignác
Veronika Freimanová
as Kuba's Wife
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Kuba
Pavel Pípal
as Kalina
Jaromír Dulava
as Třasoň
Barbora Hrzánová
as Honoluluan
Martin Dejdar
as Honoluluan
Jitka Asterová
as Klárka
Josef Kemr
as Hanička's Grandfather
Jiří Bartoška
as Rolf
Oldřich Vlach
as Policeman
Milan Šteindler
as Fugitive Madman
Vlastimil Bedrna
as Vailaurd
Bořivoj Navrátil
as Dr. Římsa
Marek Vašut
as Captain Rodriguez
Oto Ševčík
as Pirate Leader
Pavel Nový
as Outcast
Roman Skamene
as Outcast
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Outcast
Jiřina Třebická
as Háta
Jan Skopeček
as Hermit
Petr Drozda
as Salvation Army Agent
Miriam Kantorková
as Madam
Jan Antonín Duchoslav
as Outcast Doctor
Jiří Brožek
as Drunk
Václav Marhoul
as Man
Petr Voříšek
as Outcast
Martin Hub
Petr Drozda
Leo Stransky
Zdeněk Dvořáček
Milan Slepička
as Pirate / Bandit
Pavel Vokoun
Pavel Krátký
Pavel Bezděk
Alena Štréblová
as Puppeteer (uncredited)
