Directed by:
Václav KrškaScreenplay:
Václav ŘezáčCinematography:
Josef StřechaComposer:
Eman FialaCast:
Otylie Beníšková, Jarmila Bechyňová, Ljuba Hermanová, Jiřina Stránská, Libuše Zemková, Václav Voska, Jaromír Spal, Eman Fiala, Eduard Dubský, Rudolf Walter, Ota Motyčka, Saša Danešová (more)Plots(1)
Gloomy gallery tenement house in the suburbs is crowded with people, discontent with their fate. Symbol of better life is for them a worn-out bag of old lady Šachová, and they think their uncommunicative neighbour has locked loads of money inside it. The idea that they might pay off their debts even drives an indebted traveller, poor watchmaker and an office servant to a murder attempt. One night Šachová's son Vladimír arrives home. He has escaped from prison, where he was serving sentence for a theft committed because of a careless bar dancer. He knocks on his mother's door, but immediately afterwards he has to hide from one tenant - the mad Kníže. Full of happiness, mother hurries to open the door, but instead of son she encounters the Kníže. Shocked, frightened and disappointed, she suffers a heart attack. Standing above her dead body, Vladimír gives himself up to the police, and ashamed tenants realize that the bag contained only family items and a small amount of money. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Otylie Beníšková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274259_5f4cc1.jpg)
Otylie Beníšková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Zapomenutý čert (1964) (TV movie)
Lost in the Suburbs (1948)
![Jarmila Bechyňová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274570_f805ae.jpg)
Jarmila Bechyňová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jan Žižka (1955)
Virginity (1937)
Zlatá reneta (1965)
![Ljuba Hermanová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268350_fc7ee2.jpg)
Ljuba Hermanová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Pan Jordán a Habada (1968) (TV movie)
Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
![Jiřina Stránská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274858_fece48.jpg)
Jiřina Stránská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Capek's Tales (1947)
Věra Lukášová (1939)
When You Return (1947)
![Libuše Zemková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268519_c49413.jpg)
Libuše Zemková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jan Žižka (1955)
A Week in the Quiet House (1947)
Lost in the Suburbs (1948)
![Václav Voska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268981_a7f39a.jpg)
Václav Voska
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series) - actor, narrator
The White Lady (1965)
![Jaromír Spal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275196_d733e7.jpg)
Jaromír Spal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
![Eman Fiala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268861_ebd14e.jpg)
Eman Fiala
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Eduard Dubský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274455_8980c7.jpg)
Eduard Dubský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Assassination (1964)
Conscience (1948)
![Rudolf Walter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/583/166583370_a21cb6.jpg)
Rudolf Walter
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Moon Over the River (1953)
Silvery Wind (1954)
From My Life (1955)
![Ota Motyčka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274550_4efc90.jpg)
Ota Motyčka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Saša Danešová
Best movies:
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
From My Life (1955)
When You Return (1947)
![Božena Helclová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/472/166472890_670ea8.jpg)
Božena Helclová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Příklady táhnou (1939)
Nobody Knows Anything (1947)
The River Is Performing Magic (1945)
Táňa Lepičová
Best movies:
Mikoláš Aleš (1951)
When You Return (1947)
![Jana Romanová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/559/164559024_c0e5a5.jpg)
Jana Romanová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Alena (1947)
U pěti veverek (1943)
![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)
![Felix le Breux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274469_18732a.jpg)
Felix le Breux
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![František Holar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274258_b144e3.jpg)
František Holar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
![Karel Houska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/437/164437978_69379c.jpg)
Karel Houska
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
![Jan S. Kolár](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274465_b5d7a6.jpg)
Jan S. Kolár
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)