Directed by:
Jan ŠvankmajerScreenplay:
Jan ŠvankmajerCinematography:
Miloslav ŠpálaCast:
Petr Meissel, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Barbora Hrzánová, Jiří Lábus, Pavel Nový, František Polata, Anna Wetlinská, Pope John Paul IIPlots(1)
Conspirators of Pleasure undermine the main statement we were trying to build up in such a complicated way in the previous summaries. Not only is it no summary of the already discovered and examined means of expression by way of variations on a classical theme. Even the established rate of animation and live action has changed. In Conspirators of Pleasure, live action becomes the main focus of the fi lm, while animated sequences retain only an accompanying, decorative function. But even that isn’t the most important aspect of this fi lm. The most important – in our point of view – are the tactile objects constructed by the characters in course of the fi lm. The interest in “tactile art” or tactility in general was the inspiration of Švankmajer’s surrealist work outreaching all categorization. We recommend not only the film, but also Švankmajer’s phenomenal publication Hmat a Imaginace (Touch and Imagination, Praha, Kozoroh, 1994). (Anifilm)
(more)Cast
Petr Meissel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Kafka to taky neměl lehký (1992) (TV movie)
Gabriela Wilhelmová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Barbora Hrzánová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdý Budžes (2003) (theatrical recording)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Lábus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Pavel Nový
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
František Polata
Best movies:
Faust (1994)
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010)
Anna Wetlinská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Signum Laudis (1980)
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1987)
Pope John Paul II
Poland
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Karol : L'homme qui devint Pape (2005) (TV movie)
Apparitions at Fatima (1992)