Directed by:
Juraj HerzScreenplay:
Václav ŠašekCinematography:
Dodo ŠimončičComposer:
Luboš FišerCast:
Iva Janžurová, Petr Čepek, Marie Rosůlková, Ota Sklenčka, Vladimír Jedenáctík, Karel Chromík, Jana Plichtová, Evelyna Steimarová, Karel Černoch, Josef Laufer (more)Plots(1)
This film adaptation of Jaroslav Havlíček’s psychological novel presents Iva Janžurová in the role of a temperamental headstrong spinster from a rich smalltown family whose optimistic outlook is put to the test in the marriage to her cousin who suffers of an insidious disease – of which the woman has no idea at first. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Iva Janžurová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/006/164006733_90f876.jpg)
Iva Janžurová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Petr Čepek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268169_cb87ac.jpg)
Petr Čepek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
![Marie Rosůlková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/064/166064495_a92060.jpg)
Marie Rosůlková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
The Cremator (1968)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Ota Sklenčka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271443_3a32b5.jpg)
Ota Sklenčka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Vladimír Jedenáctík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275712_f2ca6f.jpg)
Vladimír Jedenáctík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
![Karel Chromík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186519_88e8e2.jpg)
Karel Chromík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Jana Plichtová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/480/480018_5826d1.jpg)
Jana Plichtová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Život bez konca (1982) (series)
Straty a nálezy (1974) (series)
![Evelyna Steimarová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268468_94f707.jpg)
Evelyna Steimarová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kam slunce nechodí... (1971) (TV movie)
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle (1981)
Oil Lamps (1971)
![Karel Černoch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440682_057b52.jpg)
Karel Černoch
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Hity 89 (1989) (concert)
Karel Svoboda 65 (2004) (concert)
![Josef Laufer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268568_592a4d.jpg)
Josef Laufer
France
Best movies:
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Dvacet let Olympicu (1983) (concert)
![Stanislav Remunda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964271_5a98c2.jpg)
Stanislav Remunda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Capek's Tales (1947)
![Jan Schánilec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467371_840c7c.jpg)
Jan Schánilec
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jindřich IV. (1968) (theatrical recording)
Oil Lamps (1971)
![Míla Myslíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/320/164320427_863d9d.jpg)
Míla Myslíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Josef Červinka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Ther Death of the Black King (1971)
The Secret of a Great Narrator (1971)
![Karel Augusta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268605_54518d.jpg)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Václav Vondráček
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
A Night at Karlstein (1973)
![Jana Sedlmajerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353585_dcd5d6.jpg)
Jana Sedlmajerová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Marie Hübschová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Jester's Tale (1964)
![Václav Halama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421342_f3d91b.jpg)
Václav Halama
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Petra Kodýmová
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Straw Hat (1971)
The Train to Heaven (1972)