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Death of a Bureaucrat
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Death of a Bureaucrat

Jul 24, 1966
1h 24m
★ 7.3

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

Overview

A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

ICAIC

Cast

Salvador Wood

Nephew

Salvador Wood

Silvia Planas

Aunt

Silvia Planas

Manuel Estanillo

Bureaucrat

Manuel Estanillo

Omar Alfonso

Cojimar

Omar Alfonso

Gaspar De Santelices

Nephew's boss

Gaspar De Santelices

Elsa Montero

Sabor

Elsa Montero

Luis Romay

El Zorro

Luis Romay

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

Psychiatrist

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

Richard Suarez

Tarafa

Richard Suarez

Alicia Bustamante

Alicia Bustamante

Tania Alvarado

Tania Alvarado

Pedro Pablo Astorga

Pedro Pablo Astorga

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