Death of a Bureaucrat (1967)

  • NR
  • 04/17/1967 (BE)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 24m

It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.

Overview

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.

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Director, Story

Alfredo L. Del Cueto

Writer

Ramón F. Suárez

Writer

Cast

Salvador Wood's headshot

Salvador Wood

Nephew
Silvia Planas's headshot

Silvia Planas

Aunt
Manuel Estanillo's headshot

Manuel Estanillo

Bureaucrat
Omar Alfonso's headshot

Omar Alfonso

Cojimar
Gaspar De Santelices's headshot

Gaspar De Santelices

Nephew's boss
Elsa Montero's headshot

Elsa Montero

Sabor
Luis Romay's headshot

Luis Romay

El Zorro
Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera's headshot

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

Psychiatrist

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