A Report on the Party and the Guests
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A Report on the Party and the Guests is a 1966 Czechoslovak drama film
directed by Jan Němec
. It was entered for the 1968 Cannes Film Festival
, but the festival was aborted owing to the events of May 1968 in France.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jan Němec
Jan Nemec
Jan Němec is a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."- Biography :...
. It was entered for the 1968 Cannes Film Festival
1968 Cannes Film Festival
The 21st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24, 1968, before being cancelled due to the turmoil of May 1968 in France.Peter Lennon's documentary Rocky Road To Dublin was to be the final film screened at the festival...
, but the festival was aborted owing to the events of May 1968 in France.
Cast
- Ivan Vyskočil - host
- Jan KlusákJan KlusákJan Klusák is a contemporary Czech composer, author of film, television and incidental music.- Life :...
- Rudolf - Jiří Němec - Josef
- Pavel Bošek - František
- Karel Mareš - Karel
- Evald SchormEvald SchormEvald Schorm was a Czech film and stage director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 26 films between 1959 and 1988. Schorm was a notable exponent of the Czech Film New Wave.-Biography:...
- - Jana Prachařová -
- Zdena Škvorecká - Eva
- Miloň Novotný - groom
- Helena Pejsková - Marta
- Dana Němcová - bride Olinka
- Antonín Pražák - Antonín
- Josef ŠkvoreckýJosef ŠkvoreckýJosef Škvorecký, CM is a leading contemporary Czech writer and publisher who has spent much of his life in Canada. He and his wife were long-time supporters of Czech dissident writers before the fall of communism in that country...
- Guest