Case for a Rookie Hangman (Czech: Případ pro začínajícího kata) is a Czechoslovak drama film directed by Pavel Juráček.

The movie can be classified as a surrealist[2] or absurdist[1] satire, and it is based loosely on the third book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, but the story is transferred to an early 20th-century world in decay.

The movie shows also the influence of Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland).

[3] The satire is aimed at the Czechoslovak society, and the movie was soon banned after its release in 1970.

[3] Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu re-released the film to Czech theaters in 2002.