Directed by:
Věra ChytilováCinematography:
Klaus FuxjägerCast:
Bolek Polívka, Jan Antonín Pitínský, Milan Šteindler, Chantal Poullain, Věra Havelková, Petr Vacek, Jaromír Barin Tichý, Veronika Bellová (more)Plots(1)
The topic of Věra Chytilová's feature film is manipulation and human dignity. The plot unfolds at a nudist beach where a film crew is shooting an artistic variation on the Adam and Eve story. Chytilová sets a bitterly grotesque morality play in motion, often excellent for its extraordinary bluntness. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Bolek Polívka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098820_36fd45.jpg)
Bolek Polívka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
![Jan Antonín Pitínský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431612_7c45c9.jpg)
Jan Antonín Pitínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Expulsion from Paradise (2001)
![Milan Šteindler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281484_b64957.jpg)
Milan Šteindler
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Czech Soda (1998)
![Chantal Poullain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273516_31e531.jpg)
Chantal Poullain
France
Best movies:
Šašek a královna (1985) (theatrical recording)
The End of Old Times (1989)
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
![Věra Havelková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431642_bc7e46.jpg)
Věra Havelková
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
Grandhotel (2006)
O život (2007)
![Petr Vacek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/427/164427053_d186de.png)
Petr Vacek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gobseck (1985) (TV movie)
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
Saturnin (1994)
![Jaromír Barin Tichý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431602_ba0b43.jpg)
Jaromír Barin Tichý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Šašek a královna (1985) (theatrical recording)
Am a Ea (1977) (theatrical recording)
Ballad for a Bandit (1978)
![Veronika Bellová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/342/165342849_1e8dd2.jpg)
Veronika Bellová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Children of Dune (2003) (series)
Rene hjerter (2006)
A King for Burning (1993) (TV movie)
![Otakáro Maria Schmidt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270169_04aa2f.jpg)
Otakáro Maria Schmidt
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mlýny (1994) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Smoke (1990)
![Tomáš Matonoha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275143_eeabf5.jpg)
Tomáš Matonoha
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
The Wild Bees (2001)
Waking Up Yesterday (2012)
![Pavel Liška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/995/160995815_63ec7e.jpg)
Pavel Liška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
BrainStorm (2008) (TV movie)
Return of the Idiot (1999)
![Marek Daniel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/291/162291130_159aa8.jpg)
Marek Daniel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kolya (1996)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Srdce temnoty (2013) (theatrical recording)
![Arnošt Goldflam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268146_0e1ba2.jpg)
Arnošt Goldflam
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Millennial Bee (1983)
The Inheritance (1992)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Zita Morávková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/461/164461785_d643b8.jpg)
Zita Morávková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Stairway to Power (2023) (series)
![Pavel Zatloukal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656080_aeab06.jpg)
Pavel Zatloukal
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Koncert V... (1990) (theatrical recording)
Raskolnikov: jeho zločin a jeho trest (2009) (theatrical recording)
![Josef Polášek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275142_07d578.jpg)
Josef Polášek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zlatá šedesátá (2015) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Protector (2009)
![Eva Kulichová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431595_fc87bb.jpg)
Eva Kulichová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Prodavač humoru (1984)
Spiderweb (1986)
Judita Nová
Best movies:
Expulsion from Paradise (2001)
Claudio Monello
Best movies:
Expulsion from Paradise (2001)
Květoslava Vonešová
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Traps (1998)
Expulsion from Paradise (2001)