Mean Barbara
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When the village school master discovers the body of a mean-spirited, miserly old woman, with whom he has had a disagreement, he decides to dispose of the body himself without alerting anyone else to it, but when the body is discovered by another villager the same cycle begins again, with the body eventually passing through the hands of half of the village.
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Vlasta Pospíšilová Director · Jiří Kubíček Screenplay Jan Werich Author
First release July 1, 1989 · Produced in XC · Original title Lakomá Barka
Production
Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Production
XC
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Original title
Lakomá Barka
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · July 1, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
November 28, 2002 · Theatrical · Re-release
December 22, 2022 · Theatrical · Digitally restored
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