Death of a Bureaucrat
“It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.”
1966•1h 24m•7.4•Released
Comedy
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.
Director
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Writer
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alfredo L. Del Cueto, Ramón F. Suárez
Languages
Spanish
Studio
ICAIC
Cast
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
Tania Alvarado
Pedro Pablo Astorga
Laura Zarrabeitia
Roberto Gacio
Rafael Sosa
Production
Company
ICAIC
Producer
Margarita Alexandre
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