THE BARNABÁŠ KOS CASE

PRÍPAD BARNABÁŠ KOS

By Peter SOLAN

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
Out of the Past
    • Year of production
    • 1964
    • Countries
    • CZECH REPUBLIC
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Peter SOLAN
    • Synopsis
    • Zeal, discipline and modesty” – these are the qualities that the bureaucratic machine takes into account when it decides to promote a triangle player to the position of orchestral director. Except, in the present case, “modesty” is equivalent to indifference and malleability. In this satire of the absurdities of life under socialism, Josef Kemr’s understated performance makes for a highly convincing characterisation of the anti-hero.