# Death of a Bureaucrat (1966)

> A Cuban nephew wages an increasingly surreal battle with officialdom to recover a union card buried with his uncle.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/28599

## Facts

- Runtime: 84 min
- Genres: Comedy
- Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Cast: Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo, Omar Alfonso, Gaspar De Santelices, Elsa Montero, Luis Romay, Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060722/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: irreverent, macabre, surreal, classic cinema night, political satire marathon

## Synopsis

A young man battles bureaucracy in a hilarious quest to reclaim his uncle's union card from the grave.

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