
The Empty King created a mythical figure and a whole world from grotesque, archetypal images. The drama was originally conceived as a student tirade against a teacher at Jarry's school, the Lyceum of Rennes. This teacher, Hébert, was the target of public ridicule. In 1888, at the age of 15, Jarry wrote a puppet play about the exploits of the Woolly Tartar and staged it to the amusement of his friends. The figure of Übü is a crude, cruel caricature of the foolish, selfish bourgeoisie as seen through the unrelenting gaze of a schoolboy; but this Rabelaisian figure, in all his falstaffian greed and cowardice, is more than a mere social satire. It is a terrifying picture of man's animal nature, his evil and cruelty. The Katona József Theatre in Budapest premiered Jarry's play in 1984, and it ran continuously for more than 10 years.
Release Date: 3/24/1989
0Languages: Hungarian
Director: Gábor Zsámbéki
00Companies: Budapest Film
Countries: Hungary

László Sinkó
Übü papa

Juli Básti
Übü mama

Dénes Ujlaki
Paszomány kapitány

Tamás Végvári
Vencel király
Éva Olsavszky
Rozamunda királyné

László Szacsvay
Bugrislav királyfi

Frigyes Hollósi
Pillér töstér

József Horváth
Lecsinszky Szaniszló

József Horváth
Elek cár
Zoltán Papp
Pajzs töstér
Endre Kátay
Lászky tábornok
Endre Kátay
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