I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen is a 1970 Czechoslovak science fiction comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. The film starred Jiří Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janžurová and Petr Čepek. The plot revolves around time travel to the past to change the future.

Cast

Jiří Sovák – Professor David Moore
Jana Brejchová – Gwen Williamsová
Lubomír Lipský – Professor Frank Pech
Iva Janžurová – Betsy
Petr Čepek – Albert Einstein
Radoslav Brzobohatý – Robert
Svatopluk Beneš – Giacometti
Jan Libícek – Smith
Viktor Maurer – Snyder
Miloš Kopecký – Wertheim
Stella Zázvorková – Wertheimová
Oldrich Musil – Rektor Rath
Josef Hlinomaz – Velitel policie
Karel Effa – Zástupce velitele policie
Josef Bláha – reditel Fizikálního ustávu
Josef Kemr – Professor Hughes

Production

The film was shot in late summer 1968 and premiered in Czechoslovakia on 27 February 1970.

Analysis

In the film, a character uses a device which has been likened to a selfie stick, several decades before its modern design was developed.