Horror Story
99 mins
The distinctive artist, typographer, and writer Josef Váchal is known to the public primarily for his Blood Novel. The surrealistic exuberance of this defense of 19th-century pulp fiction caught the attention of Jaroslav Brabec and his colleagues, who found a corresponding image of 20th-century "trash." The authors' interest focuses primarily on the silent film era, with a journey through the history of cinema continuing through the advent of sound film to the present day (auteur cinema of the 1960s, modern horror), formally employing techniques such as tinted film. The versatile parody intertwines a colorful plot with the story of the author (Váchal/Paseky), who comments on and creates his book, and is further split in the plot into the characters of Fragonard and the Master. As with Váchal, reality increasingly enters the fiction, so that the only "happy ending" turns out to be the artist's finished work.
Klára Jirsáková
Elzevíra
Jakub Saic
Kurt
Jiřina Jelenská
Father Bruna
Barbora Leichnerová
Hanička
Kateřina Frýbová
Anna Kocourková
Martinus Soedjoko
Albatrus Cook
Stanislav Hájek
Tall Jesuit
Josef Hrubý
Tavern Keeper
Helena Lehká
Mother Superior
Tereza Brabcová
Bidder
Ludmila Michalová
Prostitute
Zdenka Žerská
Prostitute
Sylvie Krobová
Prostitute
Jarmila Bělíková
Prostitute
Ladislav Klepal
Outcast
Petr Reidinger
Outcast
Viktor Spousta
Outcast
Arnošt Kurell
Pirate
Petr Taťoun
Pirate
Ladislav Horáček
Publisher
Lubomír Švehelka
Publisher
Vít Kahle
Publisher
Zdeněk Dragoun
Publisher
Jindřich Špicner
Publisher
Julius Hůlek
Publisher
Pavel Štefan
Publisher
Tamara Nathová
Prostitute
Zuzana Sixtová
Prostitute
Alena Zemančíková
Prostitute
Václav Luks
Fencer
Jaroslav Luks
Fencer
Miloslav Císař
Fencer
Miroslav Fantyš
Fencer
J. Jelínek
Fencer
P. Valenta
Fencer
J. Kára
Fencer
R. Sýkora
Fencer
I. Šafránek
Fencer
M. Doležal
Fencer
Z. Samec
Fencer
J. Andrášek
Fencer
P. Trojánek
Fencer
V. Hajdina
Fencer
Z. Brychta
Fencer
Martin Dušátko
Fencer
M. Šnajder
Fencer
Antonín Češpivo
Fencer
Vlastimil Přáda
Fencer
J. Dubin
Fencer
Daniel Soedjoko
Albatrus Deck Hand (uncredited)
Naďa Šafratová
Rudibanerová (uncredited)
Ivan Novotný
Tall Boy (uncredited)
Růžena Černušáková
Ghost (uncredited)
Michal Svoboda
Ghost (uncredited)
Vladimír Živný
Outcast (uncredited)
Jaroslav Brabec
Director
Jaroslav Brabec
Co-Producer
Miroslav Voštiar
Co-Producer
Josef Váchal
Novel
Viktor Walter
First Assistant Director
Martin Faltýn
First Assistant Director
Olga Hanzlíková
Script Supervisor
Jaroslav Brabec
Screenplay
Jaroslav Brabec
Director of Photography
Vladimír Murat
Assistant Camera
Jiří Pechar
Steadicam Operator
Josef Černušák
Grip
František Vokřál
Production Design
Zdeněk Janeček
Assistant Production Design
Jaroslav Koubek
Assistant Production Design
Jan Vlasák
Assistant Production Design
Jaroslav Brabec
Art Direction
Stanislav Krejča
Property Master
Josef Kotrla
Props
Karel Jílek
Props
Katarína Hollá
Costume Design
Alexander Kiss
Lead Costumer
Jaroslava Fišerová
Costumer
Miroslava Kopecká
Costumer
Tamara Koubová
Makeup & Hair
Eva Horázná
Assistant Editor
Jiří Hora
Sound
Jitka Zvirocká
Sound Effects
Petr Mach
Sound Effects
Jaroslav Schreder
Sound Effects
Mstislav Pilný
Sound Assistant
Jaroslav Kolman
Pyrotechnician
Kateřina Pávová
Title Designer
Jan Šuster
Producer
Čestmír Kopecký
Co-Producer
Lucie Hertlová
Production Manager
Viktor Mayer
Production Manager
Aranka Válová
Production Accountant
Ivana Jenčová
Accountant
Zdeněk Mézl
Technical Advisor
Michal Svoboda
Clapper Loader
Jiří Cuřín
Gaffer
Josef Řezáč
Still Photographer
Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer
Mario Klemens
Conductor
Jiří Zobač
Music Director
Josef Lojík
Makeup Artist
Jiří Budín
Makeup Artist
Miloslav Jandera
Makeup Artist
František Pilný
Makeup Artist
Jiří Šorm
Art Designer
Miroslav Macko
Art Designer
Lada Faixová
Art Designer
Lucie Minaříková
Second Assistant Director
Ivana Šustová
Unit Manager
Romana Brožková
Unit Manager
Václav Hrdina
Production Assistant
Vladimír Křepelka
Assistant Camera
Vladimír Altman
Colorist
Jiří Rumler
Visual Effects
Miroslav Šnábl
Visual Effects
Jaromír Franta
Visual Effects
Pavel Kryml
Visual Effects
Antonín Weiser
Visual Effects
Aleš Boštička
Visual Effects
Vilém Trmal
Technical Advisor
Zdeněk Čermák
Electrician
Bohumil Havlíček
Electrician
Jiří Horych
Electrician
Jakub Dvorský
Electrician
Jaromír Vaverka
Construction Grip
Jaroslav Fiala
Construction Grip
Radek Faltejsek
Grip
Jiří Med
Jimmy Jib Operator