Horror Story
06/05/1993
The distinctive artist, typographer, and writer Josef Váchal is known to the public primarily for his Blood Novel. The surrealistic exuberance of this defense of 19th-century pulp fiction caught the attention of Jaroslav Brabec and his colleagues, who found a corresponding image of 20th-century "trash." The authors' interest focuses primarily on the silent film era, with a journey through the history of cinema continuing through the advent of sound film to the present day (auteur cinema of the 1960s, modern horror), formally employing techniques such as tinted film. The versatile parody intertwines a colorful plot with the story of the author (Váchal/Paseky), who comments on and creates his book, and is further split in the plot into the characters of Fragonard and the Master. As with Váchal, reality increasingly enters the fiction, so that the only "happy ending" turns out to be the artist's finished work.
Movie Information
Ondřej Pavelka
as Paseka / Master / Fragonard
Klára Jirsáková
as Elzevíra
Raoul Schránil
as Prince Pedro di Rudibanera
Jakub Saic
as Kurt
Vladimír Marek
as Ignác
Veronika Freimanová
as Kuba's Wife
Jiřina Jelenská
as Father Bruna
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Kuba
Barbora Leichnerová
as Hanička
Pavel Pípal
as Kalina
Jaromír Dulava
as Třasoň
Barbora Hrzánová
as Honoluluan
Martin Dejdar
as Honoluluan
Jitka Asterová
as Klárka
Kateřina Frýbová
as Anna Kocourková
Josef Kemr
as Hanička's Grandfather
Jiří Bartoška
as Rolf
Oldřich Vlach
as Policeman
Milan Šteindler
as Fugitive Madman
Vlastimil Bedrna
as Vailaurd
Bořivoj Navrátil
as Dr. Římsa
Marek Vašut
as Captain Rodriguez
Oto Ševčík
as Pirate Leader
Martinus Soedjoko
as Albatrus Cook
Pavel Nový
as Outcast
Roman Skamene
as Outcast
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Outcast
Jiřina Třebická
as Háta
Jan Skopeček
as Hermit
Petr Drozda
as Salvation Army Agent
Stanislav Hájek
as Tall Jesuit
Josef Hrubý
as Tavern Keeper
Helena Lehká
as Mother Superior
Miriam Kantorková
as Madam
Daniel Kranda
as Man
Jan Antonín Duchoslav
as Outcast Doctor
Tereza Brabcová
as Bidder
Jiří Brožek
as Drunk
Václav Marhoul
as Man
Ludmila Michalová
as Prostitute
Zdenka Žerská
as Prostitute
Sylvie Krobová
as Prostitute
Jarmila Bělíková
as Prostitute
Ladislav Klepal
as Outcast
Petr Reidinger
as Outcast
Viktor Spousta
as Outcast
Arnošt Kurell
as Pirate
Petr Taťoun
as Pirate
Petr Voříšek
as Outcast
Ladislav Horáček
as Publisher
Lubomír Švehelka
as Publisher
Vít Kahle
as Publisher
Zdeněk Dragoun
as Publisher
Jindřich Špicner
as Publisher
Julius Hůlek
as Publisher
Pavel Štefan
as Publisher
Tamara Nathová
as Prostitute
Zuzana Sixtová
as Prostitute
Alena Zemančíková
as Prostitute
Jaroslav Tomsa
as
Jiří Kraus
as
Martin Hub
as
Jiří Kuba
as
Pavel Myslík
as
Frantisek Stupka
as
Petr Drozda
as
Karel Vávrovec
as
Rudolf Bok
as
František Jákl
as
Jaroslav Vlk
as
Leo Stransky
as
Viktor Červenka
as
Jindřich Klaus
as
Karel Augusta ml.
as
Zdeněk Dvořáček
as
Milan Slepička
as Pirate / Bandit
Zbyšek Svatek
as
Zdeněk Krumpl
as
Pavel Cajzl
as
Pavel Vokoun
as
Arnošt Böhm
as
Jaroslav Pšenička
as
Pavel Krátký
as
Pavel Bezděk
as
Dusan Hyska
as
Dimo Lipitkovský
as
Luděk Jelen
as
Václav Luks
as Fencer
Jaroslav Luks
as Fencer
Miloslav Císař
as Fencer
Miroslav Fantyš
as Fencer
J. Jelínek
as Fencer
P. Valenta
as Fencer
J. Kára
as Fencer
R. Sýkora
as Fencer
I. Šafránek
as Fencer
M. Doležal
as Fencer
Z. Samec
as Fencer
J. Andrášek
as Fencer
P. Trojánek
as Fencer
V. Hajdina
as Fencer
Z. Brychta
as Fencer
Martin Dušátko
as Fencer
M. Šnajder
as Fencer
Antonín Češpivo
as Fencer
Vlastimil Přáda
as Fencer
J. Dubin
as Fencer
Daniel Soedjoko
as Albatrus Deck Hand (uncredited)
Naďa Šafratová
as Rudibanerová (uncredited)
Ivan Novotný
as Tall Boy (uncredited)
Růžena Černušáková
as Ghost (uncredited)
Michal Svoboda
as Ghost (uncredited)
Vladimír Živný
as Outcast (uncredited)
Alena Štréblová
as Puppeteer (uncredited)
