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Killing the Devil

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  • Fantasy
  • Comedy

Overview

A lonely woman gets more than she bargained for when she begins wooing Mr Devil, an insatiable glutton who turns out to be the boyfriend from Hell.

Keywords

  • breaking the fourth wall
  • 1960s
  • woman director
  • feminism
  • female empowerment
  • flashback
  • loneliness
  • based on short story
  • dark comedy
  • surrealism
  • psychotronic film
  • magic realism
  • misogyny
  • hallucinogen
  • unreliable narrator
  • egocentrism
  • emancipation
  • chauvinisim
  • campy
  • absurdist humor
  • psychological manipulation
  • based on radio drama
  • cult cinema
  • urban fantasy
  • surreal comedy
  • anti-consumerism

Details

Status
Released
Release date
September 18, 1970
Original language
Czech
Spoken languages
Czech
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Cinematography
Jiří Macák
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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