Directed by:
Pavel HoblCinematography:
Jiří VojtaComposer:
Luboš FišerCast:
Vlastimil Brodský, Fred Delmare, František Filipovský, Marie Vášová, Martin Růžek, Nina Popelíková, Jana Brejchová, Jaroslav Marvan, Jiří Vala (more)Plots(1)
In 1965, a not-so-well known Czech director Pavel Hobl shot this not-so-well known - but the more interesting - "tractate on the qualities of man", as he himself calls it in the opening credits. From the point of view of utilizing wide-screen format, it represents a relatively standard film of its time; but from the point of view of narrative construction and the use of genre conventions it is one of the most remarkable films of the 1960s. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Fred Delmare
German Empire
Best movies:
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
I Survived Certain Death (1960)
Der Lange Ritt zur Schule (1982)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Marie Vášová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Conscience (1948)
Martin Růžek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
All My Compatriots (1968) - narrator
Nina Popelíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
V zámku a podzámčí (1981) (TV movie)
Nezralé maliny (1980) (TV movie)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Jana Brejchová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Jaroslav Marvan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jiří Vala
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Zdenka Procházková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
I ve smrti sami (2004) (TV movie)
Zlatomír Vacek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
The Devil's Trap (1961)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Karel Effa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
S Pydlou v zádech (1985) (theatrical recording)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Svatopluk Skládal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Raoul Schránil
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Christian (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Antonín Jedlička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Creation of the World (1957)
Milan Kindl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
The Devil's Trap (1961)
Jarmila Bechyňová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jan Žižka (1955)
Virginity (1937)
Zlatá reneta (1965)
Václav Wasserman
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Jiřina Bílá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
Jiří Bukvaj
Best movies:
Ztracená tvář (1965)
Paleta lásky (1976)
The Lanfier Colony (1969)