Death of a Bureaucrat

Death of a Bureaucrat (1966) is a comedy film directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea rated 7.4/10.

A model Cuban revolutionary tragically dies at work and, as a badge of honor, is buried with his labor card in his suit pocket. When his widow attempts to apply for his pension, the pension office demands the original labor card. Desperate, his nephew embarks on an increasingly chaotic and surreal quest through the Cuban bureaucratic system to secure permission to exhume the body, only to be met with endless forms, contradictory regulations, and apathetic officials.

Cast

Salvador Wood

Nephew

Silvia Planas

Aunt

Manuel Estanillo

Bureaucrat

Omar Alfonso

Cojimar

Gaspar De Santelices

Nephew's boss

Elsa Montero

Sabor

Luis Romay

El Zorro

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

Psychiatrist

Richard Suarez

Tarafa

Alicia Bustamante

Tania Alvarado

Pedro Pablo Astorga