Who Wants to Kill Jessie?

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Theatrical release poster by Kája Saudek
Directed by	Václav Vorlíček
Written by	Václav Vorlíček Miloš Macourek
Starring	Jiří Sovák Dana Medřická Olga Schoberová
Release date	26 August 1966 (1966-08-26)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (Czech: Kdo chce zabít Jessii?) is a 1966 Czechoslovak science fiction comedy film directed by Václav Vorlíček. The story focuses on a couple who use a machine which can bring objects and people from dreams to the real world. The main plot includes the accidental release of the comics character Jessie into the real world, and the film features many gags about the clash between the real world, and comics imagery such as word balloons and sound effects.^[1]

The comics illustrator Kája Saudek participated as the creator of special effects and illustrations for the film.^[2]

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Cast

Dana Medřická as doc. Růženka Beránková
Jiří Sovák as doc. Jindřich Beránek
Olga Schoberová as Jessie
Juraj Višný as Superman
Karel Effa as Gunslinger
Jan Libíček as Prison Guard
Valtr Taub as Professor
Bedřich Prokoš as University Rector
Ilja Racek as Beránková's colleague
Otto Šimánek as Beránková's deputy

Release

The film premiered on 26 August 1966.

Notes

^ "Kdo chce zabít Jessii?". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze (in Czech). Retrieved 2010-11-23.
^ Prokůpek (2010), p. 123

References

Saudek, Kája; Weigel, Jaroslav; Prokůpek, Tomáš (epilogue) (2010). Lips Tullian (in Czech). Prague: Albatros Plus. ISBN 978-80-259-0029-1.

External links

Who Wants to Kill Jessie? at IMDb

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