Who Wants to Kill Jessie? explained

Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Director:	Václav Vorlíček
Starring:	Jiří Sovák Dana Medřická Olga Schoberová
Runtime:	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]

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.

References

• Book: Lips Tullian . Saudek . Kája . Weigel. Jaroslav. Prokůpek. Tomáš (epilogue). 2010 . Albatros Plus . Prague . 978-80-259-0029-1 . Prokůpek . cs.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kdo chce zabít Jessii?. cs. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. 2010-11-23.
2. [#Prokůpek|Prokůpek (2010)]