End of a Priest
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Evald Schorm
Vlastimíl Brodsky
Jana Brejchová
Jan Libícek
Zdena ¿kvorecká
Jaroslav Satoranský
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In rural Czechoslovakia the former sexton of the Prague cathedral impersonates a priest with great success. His popularity infuriates the town's atheistic schoolmaster, a pompous Communist, who determines to undermine the false priest by surprising him in the company of Majka, the local slut. The sexton, however, is warned of the plan by his loyal disciple, the village idiot Tonik. The haystack that is to be the scene of their assignation catches fire, and a hobo hiding inside burns to death. The sexton is subsequently unmasked by two bishops. Alerted to the sexton's subversion by the schoolmaster, the police attempt to arrest him during Sunday mass. The impostor scurries to the churchtop and falls to his death.
Director
Evald Schorm
Cast
Vlastimíl Brodsky
Jana Brejchová
Jan Libícek
Zdena ¿kvorecká
Jaroslav Satoranský
Vladimír Valenta
Helena Ruzicková
Josefa Pechlatová
Martin Ruzek
Gueye Cheick
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Produced in Czechoslovakia in 1969 as Faráruv konec; Cannes Film Festival running time: 97 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1968
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States 1995
Shown at Public Theater, New York City in the series "The Banned and the Beautiful: A Survey of Czech Filmmaking 1963-1990" June 15-July 5, 1990.
Film was banned by Czechoslovakian government after Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968.
Released in United States 1968
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at Public Theater, New York City in the series "The Banned and the Beautiful: A Survey of Czech Filmmaking 1963-1990" June 15-July 5, 1990.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (45/95 Film Series - Czech Literature in Czech Film) October 19 - November 2, 1995.)
