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
Otomar Krejča st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Old Czech Legends (1952)
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti (1962) (TV movie)
Luba Skořepová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Vladimír Šmeral
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Ladislav Kulhánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Karel Dostal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Rudolf Deyl ml.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
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)
Růžena Šlemrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Ludmila Píchová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Emil Bolek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
František Holar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Viktor Očásek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Happy End (1967)
Bohumil Machník
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
The Portrait (1947)
Vladimír Hlavatý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
Jiří Těšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
Laundryboy (1960)
Dvaasedmdesátka (1948)
Rudolf Hrušínský nejst.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
The Portrait (1947)
Barbora Hlavsová (1942)
Marie Nademlejnská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Břetislav Hrstka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
To byl český muzikant (1940)
Otec Kondelík a ženich Vejvara (1937)
Karel Hynek
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
Alena (1947)
Jan S. Kolár
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)