Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
Six Prague residents pursue bizarre rituals. Mr. Peony builds a chicken costume to wear while enacting homicidal fantasies toward neighbor Mrs. Loubalova, who does the same dressed as a dominatrix. Their mail carrier, Mrs. Malkova, inhales tiny balls of bread. Newsstand operator Mr. Kula obsessively watches the broadcasts of news anchor Mrs. Beltinska, whose husband regularly scrubs his body.
Director:
Jan Švankmajer
Writer:
Jan Švankmajer
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Petr Meissel as Mr. Pivoine |
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Gabriela Wilhelmová as Mrs. Loubalova |
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Barbora Hrzánová as Postmistress |
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Anna Wetlinská as Mrs. Beltinska |
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Jiří Lábus as Newspaper Vendor |
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Pavel Nový as Mr. Beltinski |
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Frantisek Polata as |
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Eva Vidimská as |
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Ervín Tomendál as |
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Josef Chodora as |
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Marie Zemanová as |
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Jan Daňhel as |
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Martin Kublák as |
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Eva Vosahlíková as |
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Martin Radimecký as |
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Jiří Pešek as |
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Miroslav Vranka as |
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Karel Fiřt as |
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Milan Brašna as |
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Josef Vilím as |
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Karel Fišer as |
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Jirí Liska as |
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Milan Uhde as |
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Renáta Chlustinová as |
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Zdeněk Baborovský as |
| Camera | Miloslav Špála | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ghislaine Aebischer-Delion | Script Consultant |
| Production | Pierre Assouline | Co-Producer |
| Production | Keith Griffiths | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jaromír Kallista | Producer |
| Directing | Jan Švankmajer | Director |
| Editing | Marie Zemanová | Editor |
| Art | Jan Švankmajer | Art Direction |
| Art | Eva Švankmajerová | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Martin Kublák | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Bedřich Glaser | Animation |
| Sound | François Musy | Sound |
| Sound | Marika Novotná | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Jaroslav Schreder | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Ivo Špalj | Sound |
| Sound | Karel Süssmilch | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Andrea Veselková | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Jitka Zvirocká | Sound Effects |
| Production | Jan Švankmajer | Producer |
| Writing | Jan Švankmajer | Story |
| Writing | Jan Švankmajer | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Švankmajer | Costume Design |
| Art | Eva Švankmajerová | Art Designer |
| Art | Karel Vaňásek | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Jaromír Krýže | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Jiří Bláha | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Zdeněk Hlaváček | Prop Maker |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruzena Bláhová | Costumer |
| Art | Tomás Kalous | Construction Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petr Kokes | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Vosahlíková | Makeup & Hair |
| Lighting | David Holub | Gaffer |
| Production | Martin Hovorka | Production Assistant |
| Production | Věra Ferdová | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Jirí Liska | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Adéla Špaljová | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jan Daňhel | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jan Wild | Music Consultant |
| Sound | Petr Bernášek | Musician |
| Sound | Norbert Baxa | Conductor |
| Sound | Pavel Špatný | Sound Designer |