A Ridiculous Gentleman

When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill herself after his recovery from heart surgery in this symbolic story of a man trying to determine his own fate in his last days alive.

• Release date
• November 28, 1969
• Runtime
• 81 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Karel Kachyňa

Cast

Vladimír Šmeral

Z

Zdeněk Kryzánek Jiří Adamíra Josef Patočka Dana Klichová Evelyna Steimarová Carmen Mayerová Dáša Neblechová