The Limping Devil
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A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking blonde, ignores the men whom the devil foists off onto her. She loves Honza (Václav Neckár) and the boy shares her feelings. The fiend is annoyed by the couple and tries to provoke a row. He sends heavy rain to force them into a hotel and then warns Zuzana's father by phone, but the young lovers manage to get out in time. Then the obstinate Asmodeus takes Honza in his sleep to the Institute for Emotional Disorders, where he shows him the ugly sides of love - hysteria, voyeurism, fetishism, suicide attempts...
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Juraj Herz
Known for
The Flat
Václav Neckář
Known for
Closely Watched Trains
Jan Klusák
Jana Šulcová
Also in
With You The World Is Fun
Dwarf
Zbyněk Hloch
Bedrich Kubala
Oľga Šalagová
Nurse Kateřina
Also in
Frankenstein's Aunt
The Sun in a Net
Jan Novák
Alain-René Lesage
František Zvarík
Head Physician Rudolf
Known for
The Shop on Main Street
Jaromír Janáček
Hana Bazantová
Juraj Herz Director · Bedřich Kubala Screenplay Alain-René Lesage Author
First release September 12, 1968 · Produced in XC · Original title Kulhavý ďábel
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
XC
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Original title
Kulhavý ďábel
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · September 12, 1968
XC · September 13, 1968
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No release date listed for United States.
Slovakia
September 13, 1968
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