The Death of a Bureaucrat

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:film
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leonardo_Sciascia
gptkbp:awards Best Film at the 1966 Havana Film Festival.
gptkbp:cast gptkb:Raúl_García
gptkb:Marta_Rojas
gptkb:Luis_Alberto_García
gptkbp:character the police officer.
the funeral director.
the protagonist is a bureaucrat.
the protagonist's boss.
the protagonist's wife.
gptkbp:cinematography Luis Cuadrado
gptkbp:color black and white
gptkbp:country gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced Cuban cinema.
gptkbp:cultural_significance addresses existential themes.
examines the role of bureaucracy.
reflects Cuban society.
gptkbp:directed_by gptkb:Tomás_Gutiérrez_Alea
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:ICAIC
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Nelson_Rodríguez
gptkbp:film_festival gptkb:film_festival
gptkbp:genre gptkb:musical
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Death of a Bureaucrat
gptkbp:influenced subsequent Cuban films.
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Italian_Neorealism
Soviet cinema.
French New Wave.
Latin American cinema.
gptkbp:inspiration real-life bureaucratic issues.
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:music_by gptkb:Leo_Brouwer
gptkbp:plot A bureaucrat's death leads to absurd complications.
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:1966
gptkbp:remake inspired remakes.
adaptations in other languages.
thematic adaptations.
gptkbp:runtime 80 minutes
gptkbp:screenplay_by gptkb:Tomás_Gutiérrez_Alea
gptkbp:setting Cuba.
gptkbp:style satirical.
humorous.
dramatic.
gptkbp:themes gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:absurdism
gptkb:cemetery
the absurdity of life.
the critique of bureaucracy.
gptkbp:viewing_platform available on DVD.
available for streaming.
originally released in theaters.