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Killing the Devil (1970)

Killing the Devil (1970)

Comedy Fantasy
Release Date: 1970, September 18
Directors: Ester Krumbachová
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Jiřina Bohdalová, Helena Růžičková, Olga Jungová, Vladimír Menšík, Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová, Jana Hana Duffková, Ljuba Hermanová, A. Květoňová, Senta Wollnerová, Jan Mikota, Petr Folta, Břetislav Novotný

Overview:

A lonely woman gets more than she bargained for when she begins wooing Mr Devil, an insatiable glutton who turns out to be the boyfriend from Hell.

Keywords:

woman director flashback breaking the fourth wall unreliable narrator based on short story dark comedy surrealism urban fantasy hallucinogen loneliness 1960s magic realism feminism female empowerment psychotronic film misogyny psychological manipulation egocentrism surreal comedy anti-consumerism emancipation absurdist humor campy chauvinisim cult cinema based on radio drama