The Party and the Guests

Perhaps best known for being 'banned forever' in its native Czech Republic, Jan Nemec's experimental film is a surreal, creepy allegory about the cause and effects of power and conformity. A group of happy, carefree picnickers are accosted by a group of thugs led by bullying sadist Rudolf (Jan Klus�k), who quickly gains an unbreakable hold over the group and subjects them to a cruel psychological game in which he acts as interrogator. The ordeal is interrupted by the arrival of a stranger, Hostitel (Ivan Vyskocil), who invites the whole party to a nonsensical yet elegant and formal outdoor banquet. As the bizarre games continue, one member of the party chooses to run away, and the film ends with the entire group arming themselves as a shooting party and setting off to hunt him down.

Director: Jan Nemec
Producer: J. Procházka
Producer: E. Svabik
Writer: Ester Krumbachová
Writer: Jan Nemec
Music: Karel Mares
Cinematographer: Jaromir Sofr
Actor: Ivan Vyskocil
Actor: Jan Klusák
Actor: Jiri Nemec
Actor: Pavel Bosek
Actor: Karel Mares
Actor: Evald Schorm