Sunny old Prague. The crossroads of two cobbled streets\u2014to the right, a line of children speedily walks by under their teachers\u2019 escort; to the left, a column of soldiers marches by; to the right, two white horses pulling a hearse wagon lead a slow-moving funeral procession\u2026 Looking upwards instead of at this disciplined movement, stands a stately man. Soon he will understand nothing. Neither how to find Josef Kili\u00e1n\u2014to inform him about someone’s death, nor how to get a certificate indicating that he has unsuccessfully tried to return a rented cat.<\/p>\n
A satirical allegory of the submissive powerlessness of the individual in an authoritarian bureaucratic society. The protagonist’s useless pursuit as he walks through labyrinths of streets, hallways, waiting rooms and stairwells has an absurd atmosphere that suggests a strong Kafkaesque influence. Yet P. Jur\u00e1\u010dek, the film\u2019s screenwriter and director, who above all else wanted to be a writer, had not yet read neither The Castle<\/i> nor The Trial<\/i>. 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