CinemaOSMovie · 1966 · 1h 24m

Death of a Bureaucrat

It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.

74%(52)IMDbComedy

A model Cuban revolutionary tragically dies at work and, as a badge of honor, is buried with his labor card in his suit pocket. When his widow attempts to apply for his pension, the pension office demands the original labor card. Desperate, his nephew embarks on an increasingly chaotic and surreal quest through the Cuban bureaucratic system to secure permission to exhume the body, only to be met with endless forms, contradictory regulations, and apathetic officials.

Directed byTomás Gutiérrez Alea

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 24m
Language
ES
Released
July 24, 1966
Studios
ICAIC

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La Muerte de Un Burocrata

La Muerte de Un Burocrata

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Salvador Wood

Salvador Wood

Nephew

Silvia Planas

Aunt

Manuel Estanillo

Bureaucrat

Omar Alfonso

Cojimar

Gaspar De Santelices

Nephew's boss

Elsa Montero

Sabor

Luis Romay

El Zorro

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

Psychiatrist

Richard Suarez

Tarafa

Alicia Bustamante

Alicia Bustamante

Creative team
Directed by
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Written by
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Alfredo L. Del Cueto
Produced by
Margarita Alexandre
Margarita Alexandre

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