Directed by:
Alain Robbe-GrilletScreenplay:
Alain Robbe-GrilletCinematography:
Igor LutherComposer:
Pavol ŠimaiCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sylvia Turbová, Zuzana Kocúriková, Július Vašek, Ivan Mistrík, Jozef Čierny, Dušan Blaškovič, Jozef Kroner, Ivan Letko (more)Plots(1)
The theme is truth and deceit, reality and illusion. The main character, similar to some modern Baron Munchhausen, passes himself off as a hero of the local uprising and thus mystifies the inhabitants of a small Slovak town and especially attracts the admiration of its women. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
Sylvia Turbová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
Tři spory (1981) (series)
Bratránek z Batávie (1976) (TV movie)
Zuzana Kocúriková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Sluha dvoch pánov (1976) (theatrical recording)
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Július Vašek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Ivan Mistrík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1979) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
Jozef Čierny
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Dušan Blaškovič
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Jozef Kroner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Rysavá jalovica (1970) (TV movie)
Ivan Letko
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Živý bič (1966) (TV movie)
Mastný hrniec (1991) (TV movie)
Otec (1994) (TV movie)
Catherine Robbe-Grillet
France
Best movies:
L'Immortelle (1963)
Trans-Europ-Express (1967)
N. Took the Dice (1971)
Sylvie Bréal
Best movies:
The Troops of St. Tropez (1964)
The Man Who Lies (1968)
Monnaie de singe (1966)
Alexander Bada
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)