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.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271614_5667d3.jpg)
Otomar Krejča st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Old Czech Legends (1952)
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti (1962) (TV movie)
![Luba Skořepová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647181_394c1a.jpg)
Luba Skořepová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Vladimír Šmeral](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268168_7ce45e.jpg)
Vladimír Šmeral
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
![Ladislav Kulhánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275563_973433.jpg)
Ladislav Kulhánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Capek's Tales (1947)
![Karel Dostal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275334_70a7af.jpg)
Karel Dostal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
![Rudolf Deyl ml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270429_aa6385.jpg)
Rudolf Deyl ml.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![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)
![Růžena Šlemrová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268457_7fc7cb.jpg)
Růžena Šlemrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
![Ludmila Píchová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274946_d328a9.jpg)
Ludmila Píchová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
![Emil Bolek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274534_2005a3.jpg)
Emil Bolek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
![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)
![Viktor Očásek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274343_a66e42.jpg)
Viktor Očásek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Happy End (1967)
![Bohumil Machník](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274548_f6038c.jpg)
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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268707_be7f28.jpg)
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.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268159_b9c8b1.jpg)
Rudolf Hrušínský nejst.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
The Portrait (1947)
Barbora Hlavsová (1942)
![Marie Nademlejnská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/559/164559075_4de034.jpg)
Marie Nademlejnská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Břetislav Hrstka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/859/168859986_z6oxj1.jpg)
Břetislav Hrstka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
To byl český muzikant (1940)
Lieutenant Alexander Rjepkin (1937)
Karel Hynek
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
Alena (1947)
![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)