Death of a Bureaucrat
“It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.”
1966•1h 24m•7.4•Released
Comedy
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.
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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