Overview
A metaphorical story about the conflict of human reason and ideals with the dehumanizing mechanism of social institutions. A satire criticizing the negative relations between people, condemning the evils of human characters and the resulting qualities - pride, envy, malicious gloating, hatred and mammonism.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Ilja Zeljenka
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Stanislav Szomolányi and Beňo Krivošík
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Alfonz BednárScreenplay, Story
- Original title
- Génius
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 27, 1969
- Original language
- Slovak
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
Production
Cast
Vlado MüllerPeter Tobiás
Elena Zvaríková-PappováMariana Tobiášová
Vlasta FialováViola Hluchová- Jozef BudskýSupermagician
Viliam PolónyiAccused- Mikuláš LadižinskýMagician
- Jozef Rehák
- Milan Bačko
- Augustín KubánDevil / Collegium Member
- Štefan Winkler
- František BubíkCollegium Member
- František Török
- Štefan Benek
- Gejza Sedlák
- Míla Beran
- Pavol Chrobák
- Michal Gavač
- Vojtech Kovarík
- Ľudovít Ozábal
- Hana Slivková
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