The Hidden Charm of Bureaucracy

Documentary film / 1999
The Hidden Charm of Bureaucracy

A cinematic search for the meaning and importance of the state administration.

Some images of and concrete situations from the offices that we commonly come into contact with - the land registry, the social security office - as well as institutions that we know from the media in particular - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture.

The filmmakers present Czech institutions from the position of the citizen, but also of the official who mediates between the system of state administration and the citizen.

We would like to thank the employees and management of the following institutions for their co-operation and for facilitating the shooting:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Culture CR, the Czech Administration of Social Security Prague, the District Office of the Municipality of Prague, department of building and transportation, the Land Registry of the city of Prague, the Police of the Czech Republic, Local Division Prague 3, department of administrative activity. 

Director: Pavel Koutecký
Cinematography: Stano Slušný
Sound: Jan Valouch
Editing: Jan Petras
Dramaturgy: Jiří Kabele
Runnig time: 57 min
Year of production: 1999

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