Directed by:
Otakar VotočekCinematography:
Alex ThomsonComposer:
Paul M. van BruggeCast:
Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol, Walter Gotell, Gottfried John, Ken Campbell, Bruno Eyron, Jean-Jacques Delbo (more)Plots(1)
Feature début by director Otakar Votocek. A young writer shoots the charismatic film star Valentine dead at the opening of an international film festival and soon after he dies too. Together they end up after their death in a grand hotel where other dead celebrities live. There the obsession for the film star continues in a cat and mouse game. (Nederlands Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Peter O'Toole
Ireland
Best movies:
Ratatouille (2007)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Colin Firth
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Love Actually (2003)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Marie Trintignant
France
Best movies:
The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
The Terrace (1980)
Story of Women (1988)
Andréa Ferréol
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
Gottfried John
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
Ken Campbell
UK
Best movies:
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Bruno Eyron
Best movies:
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
L'onore e il rispetto (2006) (series)
Jean-Jacques Delbo
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
The Common Man (1975)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Jürgen Schornagel
German Empire
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Racin in the street (1991)
Robert Stephens
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Chaplin (1992)
Cleopatra (1963)
Pat Roach
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Mark Tandy
Ireland
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Shackleton (2002) (TV movie)
Hermann Lause
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Head-On (2004)
Solino (2002)
Ellen Umlauf
Austria
Best movies:
Cabaret (1972)
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
David Doyle
USA
Best movies:
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Capricorn One (1977)
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Terry Raven
UK
Best movies:
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Doomsday Gun (1994) (TV movie)
Dagmar Schwarz
Austria
Best movies:
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Woman in Gold (2015)
Bride of the Wind (2001)
Michiel Romeyn
Netherlands
Best movies:
Prospero's Books (1991)
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Quality Time (2017)
Michael Krass
Best movies:
Les Ailes de la renommée (1990)
Frankenstein's Army (2013)
Silent Witness (1999)