It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick (1992)
1h 48m
Running Time
September 11, 1992
Release Date
It's Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick (1992)
1h 48m
Running Time
September 11, 1992
Release Date

Plot.
A satiric tragi-comedy about two women and their lover Robert who is an emigrant that keeps coming back. This film shows chaotic post-communist Europe after the fall of totalitarianism. Two opposite characters, women, meet during the Velvet Revolution in November 1989. Intellectual dissident Nona and a Communist secret police boss’ mistress Ester. They meet at an anti-regime demonstration and become friends. They don’t want anything to do with politics, both want to get married and have kids, but also get rich. Crazy plans and risky attempts to realize their shared dreams land them in many sticky situations in the post-revolution chaos. Too much money gets in the way of the power of friendship.
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Cast & Crew.

Deana Horváthová
Nona

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
Ester

Juraj Kukura
Robert

Vilma Jamnická
Margita

Ľubomír Paulovič
Viliam

V. D. Hoai Phuong
Sajgon

Stano Dančiak
kpt. Klinec

Tomáš Žilinčík
Laco

Pavel Nový
Vekslák

Vladimír Jedľovský

Oľga Zöllnerová

Hana Packertová
Komisárka

Juraj Jakubisko
Director / Writer

Peter Čanecký
Costume Design

Andrej Ludwig
Assistant Director

Ivo Tomeček
Assistant Director

Slavomír Procházka
Set Decoration

Ivan Filus
Production Manager

Stanislav Doršic
Camera Operator

Jiří Bulis
Music

Viktor Fančovič
Camera Operator

Tomáš Berka
Set Decoration

Ivan Šimůnek
Camera Operator

Jiří Brožek
Editor

Viktor Růžička
Cinematography

Miloš Krkoška
Music

Csaba Török
Sound

Slavomír Mikovec
Lighting Supervisor

Matej Mináč
Assistant Director

Juraj Homoľa
Production Assistant

Ivan Nagy
Production Assistant

Juraj Považan
Production Assistant

Miloš Remeň
Production Assistant

Igor Serina
Makeup Artist

Ľudmila Kováčiková
Makeup Artist

Štefánia Zárecká
Makeup Designer

Mária Šuleková
Costumer

Ivan Varinský
Props

Milan Tardík
Sound Effects

Naďa Marákyová
Assistant Editor

Katarína Dalkovičová
Assistant Editor

Miroslav Topoľnický

Anton Živčic

Jozef Husár

M. Potešilová

Michaela Mikulášová-Čobejová

J. Třebatická

Hana Militká
Details.
Release Date
September 11, 1992
Original Name
Lepšie byť bohatý a zdravý ako chudobný a chorý
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 48m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
czechoslovakia
pregnancy
road trip
surrealism
communism
satirical
ambivalent
farcical
Wiki.
It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill (Lepší je být bohatý a zdravý než chudý a nemocný)is a 1992 Czech film directed by Juraj Jakubisko.
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