Conspirators of Pleasure

1h 23m 1997

Brief Synopsis

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A life-action feature, black comedy about a group of loosely connected, "ordinary" people who feverishly engage in obsessive rituals: Mr Peony fashions a papier-mache rooster's head and bat wings made of umbrellas; his landlady inflicts punishment on a life-size rag doll's effigy of him; the newspap

Cast & Crew

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Jan Svankmajer

Director

Petr Meissel

Mr Peony

Gabriela Wilhelmova

Mrs Loubalova

Barbara Hrzanova

Mrs Malkova The Postmistress

Anna Wetlinska

Mrs Beltinska The Newscaster

Jiri Labus

Mr Kula The News Vendor

Film Details

Also Known As
Spiklenci Slasti
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Celluloid Dreams; Koninck International; Quay Brothers
Distribution Company
Zeitgeist Films; Kino Video; Zeitgeist Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 23m

Synopsis

A life-action feature, black comedy about a group of loosely connected, "ordinary" people who feverishly engage in obsessive rituals: Mr Peony fashions a papier-mache rooster's head and bat wings made of umbrellas; his landlady inflicts punishment on a life-size rag doll's effigy of him; the newspaper seller reinvents his TV as an erotic toy; the postal worker turns loaves of bread into hundreds of bullet-size bread balls; and the TV newscaster keeps two live carp in a tank--to suck her toes.

Director

Jan Svankmajer

Director

Cast

Petr Meissel

Mr Peony

Gabriela Wilhelmova

Mrs Loubalova

Barbara Hrzanova

Mrs Malkova The Postmistress

Anna Wetlinska

Mrs Beltinska The Newscaster

Jiri Labus

Mr Kula The News Vendor

Pavel Novy

Mr Beltinska The Police Commissioner

Crew

Pierre Assouline

Co-Producer

Ruzena Blahova

Costume Designer

Bedrich Glaser

Animation

Keith Griffiths

Co-Producer

Olga Jelinkova

Music

Jaromir Kallista

Producer

Martin Kublak

Animation

Frantois Musy

Sound

Ivo Spajl

Sound

Miloslav Spala

Director Of Photography

Jan Svankmajer

Art Director

Jan Svankmajer

Screenwriter

Jan Svankmajer

Costume Designer

Jan Svankmajer

Puppet Designer

Eva Svankmajerova

Art Director

Eva Svankmajerova

Puppet Designer

Marie Zemanova

Editor

Film Details

Also Known As
Spiklenci Slasti
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Celluloid Dreams; Koninck International; Quay Brothers
Distribution Company
Zeitgeist Films; Kino Video; Zeitgeist Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 23m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States April 13, 1999

Released in United States August 20, 1997

Released in United States on Video April 13, 1999

Released in United States September 19, 1997

Released in United States Summer August 20, 1997

Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Tribute to Jan ¿vankmajer) July 3-11, 2009.

Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.

Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 8-19, 1998.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.

35mm

color

dialogue Czech

rtg MPAA NONE

Released in United States April 13, 1999

Released in United States on Video April 13, 1999

Released in United States August 20, 1997 (Film Forum; New York City)

Released in United States Summer August 20, 1997

Released in United States September 19, 1997 (Nu Art; Los Angeles)

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