Rent Happy End (1967)

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1h 12min
Rent Happy End (aka Štastný konec) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Oldrich Lipsky's one-of-a-kind black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his 'departure' as an infant. Utilising the techniques of silent cinema, the film plays with the flow of cinematic time to audacious effect. This wildly inventive and disarmingly hilarious Czech film predates the use of reverse-chronology narratives in more celebrated fiction, theatre and Hollywood cinema. Upending the usual narrative flow, 'Happy End' is a darkly surreal Dadaist delight.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Milos Stejskal
Writers:
Oldrich Lipský, Milos Macourek
Aka:
Štastný konec
Genres:
Classics, Comedy
Collections:
Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 2
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
BBFC:
Release Date:
Not released
Run Time:
72 minutes
BBFC:
Release Date:
25/03/2024
Run Time:
73 minutes
Languages:
Czech LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.37:1
Colour:
B & W (Sepia Tone)
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Bonus:
  • A Projection Booth audio commentary with Mike White, Kat Ellinger and Ben Buckingham
  • Cerise Howard on 'Happy End': a video essay by the film critic and Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival
  • World premiere on Blu-ray

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