''I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen'' ( cs, Zabil jsem Einsteina, pánové) is a 1970 Czechoslovak

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comedy film directed by

Oldřich Lipský Oldřich Lipský (4 July 1924 – 19 October 1986) was a Czechs, Czech film director and screenwriter, brother of actor Lubomír Lipský. All his films were comedies, frequently employing themes of Dadaism, farce and magical realism. He was a fr ...

. The film starred

Jiří Sovák Jiří Sovák ('' né'' Schmitzer; 27 December 1920 – 6 September 2000) was a Czech actor, best known for his comedy roles. Life and theatre career Jiří Sovák was born Jiří Schmitzer to the family of an innkeeper in Prague.Jiří Sovák, ...

Jana Brejchová Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman and later actor Vlastimil Brodský. Her younger sister Hana is also an actress who has ...

, Lubomír Lipský,

Iva Janžurová Iva Janžurová (born 19 May 1941) is a Czech actress. She attended school in České Budějovice and in 1963, she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964, she became the main member of Vinoh ...

Petr Čepek Petr Čepek (16 September 1940 – 20 September 1994) was a Czech actor. Life He studied acting at Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague at the same class as Ladislav Mrkvička, Josef Abrhám, Jiří Krampol or Jana Drbo ...

, and other actors. The major plot revolves around

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ing to the past to change the future. The film was shot in late summer 1968 and premiered in Czechoslovakia on 27 February 1970. In the film, a character uses a device which has been likened to a selfie stick, several decades before its modern design was developed.

Cast

- Professor David Moore *

- Gwen Williamsová * Lubomír Lipský - Professor Frank Pech *

- Betsy *

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...

Radoslav Brzobohatý Radoslav Brzobohatý (; 13 September 1932 – 12 September 2012) was a Czech film and television actor. Brzobohatý was born in Vrútky, Czechoslovakia. He appeared in many Czech TV shows, including '' 30 Cases of Major Zeman'', ''Ulice'' and ...

- Robert * Svatopluk Beneš - Giacometti * Jan Libícek - Smith * Viktor Maurer - Snyder *

Miloš Kopecký Miloš Kopecký (22 August 1922 in Prague – 16 February 1996 in Prague) was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. Biography He was born into the family of a furrier; his mother was a hatter. From childhoo ...

- Wertheim * Stella Zázvorková - Wertheimová * Oldrich Musil - Rektor Rath *

Josef Hlinomaz Josef Hlinomaz (9 October 1914 – 8 August 1978) was a Czechoslovak film actor, journalist, and painter. He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows between 1948 and 1978. Selected filmography * ''Komedianti'' (1954) * ''The ...

- Velitel policie *

Karel Effa Karel Effa (born Karel Effenberger; 23 May 1922 – 11 June 1993) was a Czechoslovak character actor who appeared in some 65 films. Selected filmography * ''Uloupená hranice'' (1947) - Závodcí * ''Poslední mohykán'' (1947) * ''Parohy'' ...

- Zástupce velitele policie *

Josef Bláha Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

- reditel Fizikálního ustávu

References

External links

* 1970 films 1970s science fiction comedy films 1970s Czech-language films Czechoslovak science fiction comedy films Films directed by Oldřich Lipský Czech science fiction comedy films Cultural depictions of Albert Einstein 1970 comedy films Czech post-apocalyptic films 1970s Czech films {{1970s-CzechRepublic-film-stub