Directed by:
Jan NěmecScreenplay:
Jan NěmecCinematography:
F. A. BrabecComposer:
Jan Hammer Jr.Cast:
Jan Potměšil, Čestmír Řanda ml., Lucie Rejchrtová, David Nykl, Miloslav Stehlík, Ladislav Němec, Martin Učík, Jaroslav Tomsa, Václav Havel (a.f.)Plots(1)
A poetic mystery by Czech directing great Jan Němec. The director tells the story of a young Prague couple chosen by 'mysterious powers' to make the philosophers' stone. Ruby and Michal set out along the path of alchemy only to discover that the final missing ingredient is the love they share between them. This film makes use of both acted and purely artistic passages, and involves historical documents in an entirely original way. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jan Potměšil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
Why? (1987)
Dlouhá míle (1989) (series)
Čestmír Řanda ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dark Blue World (2001)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Stalingrad (1993)
Lucie Rejchrtová
Best movies:
Code Name: Ruby (1996)
David Nykl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Czech Soda (1998)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Joan of Arc (1999) (TV movie)
Miloslav Stehlík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Případ ukradených vědomostí (1985) (TV movie)
Sázka na třináctku (1977)
Code Name: Ruby (1996)
Ladislav Němec
Best movies:
Code Name: Ruby (1996)
Martin Učík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Casino Royale (2006)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Jaroslav Tomsa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Václav Havel (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator