Released:
1996-10-17

Overview:
Six Prague residents pursue bizarre rituals. Mr. Peony builds a chicken costume to wear while enacting homicidal fantasies toward neighbor Mrs. Loubalova, who does the same dressed as a dominatrix. Their mail carrier, Mrs. Malkova, inhales tiny balls of bread. Newsstand operator Mr. Kula obsessively watches the broadcasts of news anchor Mrs. Beltinska, whose husband regularly scrubs his body.

Director:
Jan Švankmajer

Runtime:
1h 23min

Genre:
Drama, Animation, Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Petr Meissel
  as
  Mr. Pivoine
• 
  Gabriela Wilhelmová
  as
  Mrs. Loubalova
• 
  Barbora Hrzánová
  as
  Postmistress
• 
  Anna Wetlinská
  as
  Mrs. Beltinska
• 
  Jiří Lábus
  as
  Newspaper Vendor