The Party and the Guests

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The Party and the Guests is a 1966 Czechoslovak satirical film by Jan Němec, renowned for its allegorical critique of authoritarianism and its central place in the Czech New Wave movement.

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instanceOf Czech New Wave film
Czechoslovak film
film
alternateTitle O slavnosti a hostech NERFINISHED
censorshipStatus banned in Czechoslovakia after 1968
cinematographyBy Jaroslav Kučera NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
criticalReception acclaimed by film critics
director Jan Němec NERFINISHED
distributionFormat theatrical release
editor Miška Zvonková NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
format black-and-white film
genre drama
satire
hasBlackAndWhite true
hasCastMember Evald Schorm NERFINISHED
Ivan Vyskočil NERFINISHED
Jan Klusák NERFINISHED
Jiří Němec NERFINISHED
Pavel Bošek NERFINISHED
hasCharacterType authoritarian host
conformist guests
nonconformist guest
hasInfluenceOn political cinema
hasMusicBy Jan Klusák NERFINISHED
historicalContext pre–Prague Spring Czechoslovakia
includedIn retrospectives of Czech New Wave
language Czech
medium feature film
movement Czech New Wave NERFINISHED
narrativeForm allegory
notableFor allegorical critique of authoritarianism
political allegory
originalTitleLanguage Czech
partOf Czech New Wave canon
productionCompany Filmové studio Barrandov NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1966
runtimeMinutes 68
screenwriter Jan Němec NERFINISHED
setting outdoor picnic
theme abuse of power
authoritarianism
conformism

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Czech New Wave notableFilm The Party and the Guests