Happy End (1966 film)

Happy End
Directed by Oldřich Lipský
Produced by Milos Stejskal
Written by Oldřich Lipský
Milos Macourek
Starring Vladimír Menšík
Cinematography Vladimír Novotný
Edited by Miroslav Hájek
Release dates
 1966
Running time
 71 minutes
Country Czechoslovakia
Language Czech

Happy End is a 1966 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. Theodor Pištěk designed the costumes for the film. The film is told backwards, beginning with the protagonist's death (which he describes as his birth) and ending with his birth (described as his death).

Plot

Happy end tells the life story of a butcher named Bedřich Frydrych; however, it is told entirely in reverse, giving rise to a different story than the one a forward-flowing narrative would depict. It thus begins with Bedřich's birth (his execution by guillotine), followed by a childhood spent in school (prison), whereupon he sets out into the world and soon marries, although he has to assemble his wife-to-be from various parts (killing and dismembering her, after finding out she is having an affair).

The reversed chronology also applies to dialogue: lines are read in an ostensibly reversed order, variously resulting in sheer situational comedy and dada.

Cast

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