I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen Explained

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen
Director:	Oldřich Lipský
Producer:	Jiří Krejčí
Starring:	Jiří Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janžurová, Petr Čepek
Music:	Vlastimil Hála
Cinematography:	Ivan Šlapeta
Studio:	Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributor:	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Released:	(Czechoslovakia)^[1]
Country:	Czechoslovakia (Czechia)
Language:	Czech

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (Czech: '''Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové''') is a 1970 Czechoslovak science fiction comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. The film starred Jiří Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janžurová and Petr Čepek. The plot revolves around time travel to the past to change the future.

Cast

• Jiří Sovák - Professor David Moore
• Jana Brejchová - Gwen Williamsová
• Lubomír Lipský - Professor Frank Pech
• Iva Janžurová - Betsy
• Petr Čepek - Albert Einstein
• Radoslav Brzobohatý - Robert
• Svatopluk Beneš - Giacometti
• Jan Libícek - Smith
• Viktor Maurer - Snyder
• Miloš Kopecký - Wertheim
• Stella Zázvorková - Wertheimová
• Oldrich Musil - Rektor Rath
• Josef Hlinomaz - Velitel policie
• Karel Effa - Zástupce velitele policie
• Josef Bláha - reditel Fizikálního ustávu

Production

The film was shot in late summer 1968^[2] and premiered in Czechoslovakia on 27 February 1970.^[3]

Analysis

In the film, a character uses a device which has been likened to a selfie stick, several decades before its modern design was developed.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové... (1969).
2. Web site: Hezky tady počkej, já se hned vrátím. Jen co zabiju pana Einsteina . 29 May 2021 . Prima Max.
3. Web site: Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové... (1969) .
4. Web site: 3 March 2016 . A sci-fi film from 1970 predicted the selfie stick, but better .