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Death of a bureaucrat = La Muerte de un burocrata

Cuba, 1966
film

This film is an uproarious comedy and a masterpiece of film satire. A model worker who invented a machine for manufacturing plaster busts of Cuban national he..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

The Dead mother = La Madre muerta [Widescreen]

Spain, 1993
Similarity: 68%

Cuba

United States, 1979
Similarity: 66%

Nobody will speak of us when we are dead = Nadie hablara de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto [Widescreen]

Spain, 1995
Similarity: 66%

Fate of a child

United States, 1951
Similarity: 66%

Memories of underdevelopment = Memorias del subdesarrollo

Cuba, 1968
Similarity: 66%

Death in Venice

Italy, 1971
Similarity: 66%

Live flesh = Carne tremula

Spain, 1997
Similarity: 66%

Brazil

United Kingdom and United States of America, 1985
Similarity: 66%

Paperland: the bureaucrat observed

Canada, 1979
Similarity: 66%

Hereafter

United States of America, 2010
Similarity: 65%

History of a battle

Cuba, 1961
Similarity: 65%

Dead letter office

Australia, 1998
Similarity: 65%

A Director talks about his film

United States, 1979
Similarity: 65%

Death of a Neapolitan mathematician

Italy, 1992
Similarity: 64%

Up to a certain point = Hasta un cierto punto

Cuba, 1983
Similarity: 64%

Fires within

United States, 1991
Similarity: 64%

Matador [Widescreen]

Spain, 1986
Similarity: 64%

The Man from Maisinicu = El hombre de Maisinicu

Cuba, 1973
Similarity: 64%
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