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Death of a Bureaucrat(1966)
Status: Released
Date: 1966-07-24
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50 Votes
Time: 1h 24m
It is easier to kill a bureaucrat than to kill bureaucracy.
Overview:
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Cuba
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Movie: Death of a Bureaucrat
Top 10 Billed Cast
Salvador Wood
Nephew
Alicia Bustamante
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