Is Death of a Bureaucrat scary?

Yes. More frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death of a Bureaucrat violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Death of a Bureaucrat end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death of a Bureaucrat sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death of a Bureaucrat easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Death of a Bureaucrat

Name: Death of a Bureaucrat
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1966
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo, Omar Alfonso, Gaspar De Santelices

It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.

Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Produced by ICAIC

196684 min7.4 / 10

A darkly comic satire that uses absurdist bureaucratic nightmare logic to skewer institutional indifference and the dehumanizing machinery of state systems.

A model Cuban revolutionary tragically dies at work and, as a badge of honor, is buried with his labor card in his suit pocket. When his widow attempts to apply for his pension, the pension office demands the original labor card. Desperate, his nephew embarks on an increasingly chaotic and surreal quest through the Cuban bureaucratic system to secure permission to exhume the body, only to be met with endless forms, contradictory regulations, and apathetic officials.

Clusters

Absurdist Political Satire Dark Comedy Nightmares Comedy And Satire Government Oppression Dramas Bleak and Despairing Tone

Genres

Comedy

Keywords

Bureaucracy Nightmare Funeral Cuba Grave Satire Social Satire Death Graveyard Booklet

Questions people ask

Is Death of a Bureaucrat scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is Death of a Bureaucrat violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Does Death of a Bureaucrat end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Death of a Bureaucrat sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is Death of a Bureaucrat easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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