The Murder of Mr. Devil (1970)

The sole film directed by Ester Krumbachová, one of the key creative visionaries of the Czechoslovak New Wave, The Murder of Mr. Devil is an absurdist, feminist deconstruction of the romantic comedy. In search of a husband, a lonely woman (Jirina Bohdalová) sets her sights on the gluttonous Bohouš Čert (Vladimír Mensík)—whose last name, which means “devil,” should give her a major clue as to what she is getting mixed up in. Krumbachová’s background as a set designer is on display in the film’s imaginative production design, which turns a banal domestic space into a wonderland of wild surrealis

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