A cruel picture of the ways in which human beings acquire power and then cling to it. The story of Father Ubu, an idiot who climbs over the bodies of the dead to his royal post, is presented with a touch of the grotesque where naive comic elements meet black humor. Using a human touch, the film- makers were able to transform the original into a film aimed at a contemporary audience while remaining faithful to the vision of Father Ubu and Mother Ubu venturing everything in their efforts to seize power and mammon.
Director:
Marián Labuda
Lucie Bílá
Karel Roden
Ivan Zachariáš
Ester Geislerová
Bolek Polívka
Chantal Poullain
Ivan Vyskočil
Marie Drahokoupilová
Zita Kabátová
Tomáš Hanák
Václav Chalupa
Jan Španbauer
Roman Krása
Marián Labuda
Milan Kasl
Stanislav Tyšer
František Novotný
Big Soldier
Branko Škugor
Marquis Novohorský
Lou Fanánek Hagen
Václav Luks
Jan Zika
Darina Gajovská
Zdena Razýmová
Michael Kořínek
Jaroslav Havlíček
Josef Šimáček
Lucie Čerňanská
Júlie Čerňanská
Sylvie Čerňanská
Lucie Chotová
Ivana Chotová
Ivan Gübel
Big Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Dalimil Klapka
Marquis Novohorský (voice) (uncredited)
Ivo Novák
Gate Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Václav Kotva
Old Man (voice) (uncredited)
Viola Zinková
Old Woman (voice) (uncredited)
