Directed by:
Jiří SlavíčekScreenplay:
František Vlček st.Cinematography:
Jan RothComposer:
Dalibor C. VačkářCast:
Otomar Krejča st., Luba Skořepová, Vladimír Šmeral, Ladislav Kulhánek, Karel Dostal, Rudolf Deyl ml., Felix le Breux, Růžena Šlemrová, Ludmila Píchová (more)Plots(1)
Sometimes a bad look from a stranger can give one's life a bad spin. This is the case of the fate of the owners of a mysterious portrait of a mean loan shark that brings doom on all his owners and negatively influences the careers of several artists. This post-war psychological horror is based on a same-name short story by Nicolai Gogol. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
![Bohuslav Kupšovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275698_dd8352.jpg)
Bohuslav Kupšovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Creation of the World (1957)
Arnošt Mirský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
The Portrait (1947)
Happy Journey (1943)
![Gabriel Hart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275354_b1f92b.jpg)
Gabriel Hart
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
The Hordubals (1937)
Skalní plemeno (1944)
![Marta Májová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275336_513b96.jpg)
Marta Májová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Distant Journey (1948)
![Milada Smolíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268462_1beb45.jpg)
Milada Smolíková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
![Emanuel Hříbal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275390_174b65.jpg)
Emanuel Hříbal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
![Bohumil Švarc st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271613_5904fc.jpg)
Bohumil Švarc st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
![Arno Velecký](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274844_e0e6de.jpg)
Arno Velecký
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
Okénko (1933)
Tisíc za jednu noc (1932)
![Blažena Slavíčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268456_fb7a51.jpg)
Blažena Slavíčková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Jan W. Speerger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274842_faf9d2.jpg)
Jan W. Speerger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Lumberjack (1922)
![Jaroslav Orlický](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275619_f901fa.jpg)
Jaroslav Orlický
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Proud Princess (1952)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
![Antonín Soukup](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275618_811da0.jpg)
Antonín Soukup
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Robert Morávek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Murderer Hides His Face (1966)
The Portrait (1947)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
Dagmar Toužimská
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
![Zora Božinová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268277_67988a.jpg)
Zora Božinová
Denmark
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Ball Lightning (1978)
The Portrait (1947)
![Ludmila Burešová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274263_f05aa6.jpg)
Ludmila Burešová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Capek's Tales (1947)
Právě začínáme (1946)
The Portrait (1947)
Věkoslav Satoria
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Girl in Blue (1939)
Life Is a Dog (1933)
His Majesty's Adjutant (1933)
František Pošta
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Girl in Blue (1939)
The Portrait (1947)
Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)