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Double Role

19991h 50mJaromil Jireš

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An intimate psychological film which elaborates the Faustian theme about the dispute between the body and the soul - a study on human identity. Two young doctors carry out the surgical exchange of the brains of two women who are dying after a car accident - a young girl and member of a criminal gang, and a lonely seventy-year-old associate professor of oriental studies. The young girl wakes from the operation thinking like the elderly intellectual and tries in vain to live with her new identity. (https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/film/22344/double-role)

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What is Double Role (1999) about?

An intimate psychological film which elaborates the Faustian theme about the dispute between the body and the soul - a study on human identity. Two young doctors carry out the surgical exchange of the brains of two women who are dying after a car accident - a young girl and member of a criminal gang, and a lonely seventy-year-old associate professor of oriental studies. The young girl wakes from…

Who stars in Double Role?

Double Role stars Tereza Brodská (Yvetta), Jan Hartl (badatel), Karel Roden (chirurg), Slávka Budínová (docentka), Lubor Tokoš (profesor). The film was directed by Jaromil Jireš.

How long is Double Role?

Double Role has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1999.

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