The Devil Does Not Sleep

Story

Synopsis

Episodic film consisting of three satirical shorts ('Smutný káder', 'Typický prípad' and 'Vel'korysá kampaň') comically exposing the shortcomings of society. In the interval between each short, a committee recognising themselves in the characters on screen, voice their approval or disapproval of each film.

Directors

Peter Solan, František Žáček

Writers

Peter Karvaš, František Žáček, Monika Gajdošová

Language

Slovak

Country

Czechoslovakia

Release date

17 May 1957

Ensemble

Cast

• Bohuš Králik

• 

  Jozef Kroner

  Background Officer

• Jozef Sodoma

• Branislav Koreň

• Oľga Vronská

• 

  Ivan Krivosudský

  Cyril Kvasnicka

• 

  Adam Matejka

• Eva Bartovičová

  Milka

• Eugen Senaj

• Zdeněk Říha

• Eva Krížiková

• 

  Ondrej Jariabek

  Bázlik