Horror Story

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.

6.1

99 min

Cast

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

Jiří Kraus

Martin Hub

Jiří Kuba

Pavel Myslík

Frantisek Stupka

Petr Drozda

Karel Vávrovec

Rudolf Bok

František Jákl

Jaroslav Vlk

Leo Stransky

Viktor Červenka

Jindřich Klaus

Karel Augusta ml.

Zdeněk Dvořáček

Milan Slepička

as Pirate / Bandit

Zbyšek Svatek

Zdeněk Krumpl

Pavel Cajzl

Pavel Vokoun

Arnošt Böhm

Jaroslav Pšenička

Pavel Krátký

Pavel Bezděk

Dusan Hyska

Dimo Lipitkovský

Luděk Jelen

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)

Director

Jaroslav Brabec