Cock-a-Doodle-Do

"Power is sweetest when it is completely disproportionate – when a fool rules over the wise..." Kundera's play reveals in a farcical, even sarcastic way what drives people. For some, the most important thing is to submit and have peace of mind, while others need power over others to live. Milan Kundera says of his comedy Ptákovina that "it is a comedy so frivolous that it is more than a comedy: it is nonsense." Its intricate plot is set in motion by the Director, who draws a rhombus on the blackboard in the classroom. And it is discovered. An investigation ensues, and the all-powerful man of the city, the Chairman, also enters the game. This myth-shrouded comedy was only performed briefly in our country in 1969, and since then no one has officially seen it here. Until September 2008, when director Ladislav Smoček staged it at the Činoherní klub in Prague.

Jaromír Dulava

Předseda

Ondřej Vetchý

Ředitel

Lucie Žáčková

Eva

Marika Procházková

Růžena

David Sir

Žák

Nela Boudová

Správkyně budov

Stanislav Zindulka

Starý učitel

Pavel Kikinčuk

Tělocvikář

Jana Břežková

Prušánková

Petr Meissel

Učitel kreslení

Lenka Skopalová

Maminka

• Jan BrichcínDirector
• Ladislav SmočekDirector
• Milan KunderaStory
• Jiří LebedaDirector of Photography

Release date

January 1, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Czech

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Comedy