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
![Marie Motlová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268202_eabc9a.jpg)
Marie Motlová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Behold Homolka (1969)
Oil Lamps (1971)
![Václav Štekl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268721_4e94fa.jpg)
Václav Štekl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Jan Kotva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274933_21d38e.jpg)
Jan Kotva
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Oil Lamps (1971)
![Vlastimila Vlková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268506_3813ef.jpg)
Vlastimila Vlková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Happy End (1967)
Marie Černá
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Kamenný řád (1975) (series)
Osud jménem Kamila (1974)
Miloslav Šindler
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Dušan Urgošík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Jumping Over Puddles (1970)
Ilona Jirotková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Oil Lamps (1971)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Marian Cingroš
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Skok do tmy (1964)
Zdeněk Grygárek
Best movies:
Oil Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
The Hero Is Afraid (1965)
Milena Kaplická
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
![Josef Burda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275719_1bf790.jpg)
Josef Burda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Oil Lamps (1971)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
![Karel Hovorka st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275705_643e4d.jpg)
Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
![Miloslav Štibich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272758_d02f63.jpg)
Miloslav Štibich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Jiřina Jandová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Otto Ohnesorg
Austria-Hungary
Vít Pešina
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Josef Skrčený
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)