It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick (1992): Cast & Box Office
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick is a 1992 comedy drama directed by Juraj Jakubisko, starring Deana Horváthová as Nona, Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová and Juraj Kukura. It runs 1 hour 48 minutes and earned $14,915 worldwide.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 48m (108 min)
- Director
- Juraj Jakubisko
- Original language
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Slovak - Studio
- MiroFilm
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick About?
The premise of It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick without spoilers.
Amid the chaos following the Velvet Revolution, intellectual dissident Nona meets Ester, the mistress of a Communist secret‑police boss, at an anti‑regime protest. They bond over a shared desire for marriage, children and wealth, avoiding politics. Robert draws them into schemes to get rich, landing in predicaments that test the friendship.
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick Themes & Keywords
· 31 tags- dumb blonde stereotype
- suffering
- soft porn as subject
- old woman
- friendship
- robbery
- friend
- male female relationship
- indigenous people
- friendship between women
- director writer
- 20th century
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- bratislava slovakia
- central europe
- 1990s
- europe
- female protagonist
- magical realism
- surrealism
- nudity
- male nudity
- best friend
- vibrator
- road trip
- rape
- prostitution
- pregnancy
- post cold war
- nun
- male frontal nudity
- female nudity
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick Cast & Characters
Deana Horváthová leads the cast as Nona, with Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová as Ester and Juraj Kukura as Robert. Directed by Juraj Jakubisko; 26 actors are credited in all.
- Director Juraj Jakubisko
- Deana Horváthová as Nona
- Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová as Ester
- Juraj Kukura as Robert
- Pavel Nový as Vekslák
Also Starring in It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick
· 22 more- Stano Dančiak kpt. Klinec
- Vilma Jamnická Margita
- Zdeněk Dušek
- Ľubomír Paulovič Viliam
- Jiří Pecha
- Hana Militká
- František Velecký
- Hana Packertová Komisárka
- Vladimír Jedľovský
- Jozef Husár
- Tomáš Žilinčík Laco
- Oľga Zöllnerová
- Michal Gučík
- Eva Mária Chalupová
- V. D. Hoai Phuong Sajgon
- Anton Živčic
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More from Juraj Jakubisko
More films directed by Juraj Jakubisko: The Feather Fairy - Two Worlds, Bathory: Countess of Blood, Post Coitum and Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself.
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick Box Office
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick grossed $14,915 worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$14.9K
- International
- $14.9K
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick Trailers & Videos
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It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick FAQ: Cast & Box Office
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, post-credit scenes and language of It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick, each answered in a sentence.
How long is It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick?
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick runs 1 hour 48 minutes (108 minutes).
When was It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick released?
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick was released on September 11, 1992.
Who directed It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick?
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick was directed by Juraj Jakubisko.
More films by Juraj Jakubisko Who is in the cast of It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick?
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick stars Deana Horváthová as Nona, Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová as Ester and Juraj Kukura as Robert, among 26 credited actors.
How much did It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick make at the box office?
It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick grossed $14,915 worldwide.
Does It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick have a post-credit scene?
No. It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick in?
The original language of It’s Better to Be Healthy and Wealthy than Poor and Sick is Slovak.
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