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Death of a Bureaucrat

Death of a Bureaucrat

It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.

19667.31h 24m

Overview

A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.

Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Written by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alfredo L. Del Cueto, Ramón F. Suárez
Produced by Margarita Alexandre
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Top Cast

Salvador Wood

Salvador Wood

Nephew

S

Silvia Planas

Aunt

M

Manuel Estanillo

Bureaucrat

O

Omar Alfonso

Cojimar

G

Gaspar De Santelices

Nephew's boss

E

Elsa Montero

Sabor

L

Luis Romay

El Zorro

C

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

Psychiatrist

R

Richard Suarez

Tarafa

Alicia Bustamante

Alicia Bustamante

Themes & Keywords

bureaucracynightmarefuneralcubagravesatiresocial satiredeathgraveyardbooklet

About Death of a Bureaucrat

Death of a Bureaucrat is a comedy film released in 1966 exploring themes of bureaucracy, nightmare, funeral, cuba, grave, satire. Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, it stars Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo. A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.

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