Movie·1966·1h 24m
Death of a Bureaucrat
It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.
Country
Cuba
Language
Spanish
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The Story
Original title: La muerte de un burócrata
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.
Written By
Alfredo L. Del Cueto
Producer
Margarita Alexandre
Cinematography
Ramón F. Suárez
Music
Leo Brouwer
Editor
Mario González
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
50 votes
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Cast
Salvador Wood
Nephew
Silvia Planas
Aunt
Manuel Estanillo
Bureaucrat
Omar Alfonso
Cojimar
Gaspar De Santelices
Nephew's boss
Elsa Montero
Sabor
Luis Romay
El Zorro
Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera
Psychiatrist
Richard Suarez
Tarafa
Alicia Bustamante
Tania Alvarado
Pedro Pablo Astorga
Laura Zarrabeitia
Roberto Gacio
Rafael Sosa
Rolando Vidal
Rafael Díaz
Carlos Gargallo
// crew
Crew
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Director, Story, Screenplay
Margarita Alexandre
Producer
Leo Brouwer
Original Music Composer
Ramón F. Suárez
Director of Photography, Screenplay
Mario González
Editor
Alfredo L. Del Cueto
Screenplay
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