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Directed by:
Václav GajerScreenplay:
Ota HofmanCinematography:
Jiří VojtaComposer:
Evžen IllínCast:
Michal Koblic, Antonie Hegerlíková, Elo Romančík, Zora Rozsypalová, Václav Lohniský, Jaroslava Tvrzníková, Marcela Martínková, Petr Kostka (more)Plots(1)
A bigot mother forces her ten-year-old son Martin to go to religion courses, to love God and serve as an altar boy in the local church. Martin, however, encounters hypocrisy at every step and sees that sinful acts remain unpunished. His father steals planks from the construction site, his brother secretly steals money from their family money box, and his classmate Kovajs also sins deliberately. This and other things severely undermine Martin's belief in God. He is supposed to serve as the acolyte at an upcoming mass on May 1 but instead he wishes to go with other pioneers to the downtown against his mother's will. (JuniorFest)
(more)Cast
![Michal Koblic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/317/160317826_60efa0.jpg)
Michal Koblic
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
Horoucí srdce (1962)
Green Corn (1960)
![Antonie Hegerlíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268347_681aa4.jpg)
Antonie Hegerlíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Gazdina roba (1992) (theatrical recording)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
![Elo Romančík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270827_5ab3dd.jpg)
Elo Romančík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1979) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
![Zora Rozsypalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/462/167462396_a0uqeq.jpg)
Zora Rozsypalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
...and Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Catherine and Her Children (1970)
The Night Overtake Me (1985)
![Václav Lohniský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268136_cc0c4b.jpg)
Václav Lohniský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
![Jaroslava Tvrzníková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268496_dcabb6.jpg)
Jaroslava Tvrzníková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Neviditelný (1965) (TV movie)
Girl with a Seashell (1980)
Pinocchiova dobrodružství (1967) (TV movie)
![Marcela Martínková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268411_42ded7.jpg)
Marcela Martínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963)
Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
![Petr Kostka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268565_4a148b.jpg)
Petr Kostka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
![Vladimír Hlavatý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268707_be7f28.jpg)
Vladimír Hlavatý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
![Emil Rohan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/168/165168655_fc8468.jpg)
Emil Rohan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Věc Makropulos (1970) (theatrical recording)
Honour and Glory (1968)
![Alois Dvorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274298_87bdcf.jpg)
Alois Dvorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Stanislav Junek
Best movies:
On the Comet (1970)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Kamenný řád (1975) (series)
![Hermína Vojtová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268507_2eca2d.jpg)
Hermína Vojtová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
![Marie Nademlejnská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/559/164559075_4de034.jpg)
Marie Nademlejnská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nina Bártů
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
The Jester and the Queen (1987)
How to Shoot Rosemaries (1977)
![Eva Foustková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274575_49a53e.jpg)
Eva Foustková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
The Nun's Night (1967)
The Borstal (1969)
Mária Sýkorová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Proud Princess (1952)
Jánošík (1935)
Tri dcéry (1967)
Josef Šrajer
Best movies:
Rabbits in the Tall Grass (1961)
![Karla Svobodová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/003/158003791_d96ea4.jpg)
Karla Svobodová
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Michael Dáňa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
The Circle (1959)
Green Corn (1960)