Cinematography:
Karel DeglComposer:
Josef DobešCast:
Jaroslav Průcha, Marie Glázrová, Karel Veselý, Ladislav Boháč, František Kovářík, Alois Dvorský, Milka Balek-Brodská, Slávka Holakovská, Zdeněk Hora (more)Plots(1)
Young village shopkeeper Ferda Zuska wants to throw himself in front of a train because his girl has married another man. At the last moment he is saved by the railway watchman Douša and his wife Anna. Ferda soon forgets his sorrow and begins to court this Anna. The unsuspecting Douša is the object of laughter for the entire village. In addition, in saving Ferda he slipped on the railway tracks and since that time he has had poor hearing. One day he even discovers to his horror that he has become completely deaf and for this reason he must leave his job. After some time his hearing returns. Douša decides to pretend further that he is deaf to find out what people think of him. Ferda urges Anna to run away with him, and he wants to kill Douša. The broken woman confides in her husband unaware that he is able to hear her. Douša orders her to leave the house, but on the pleas of their child he reverses his decision. The next day he returns to work and forgives his wife, for he realizes that he has neglected her and has paid attention only to his own personal interests. Ferda, in a drunken state, tragically perishes under the tracks of an express train. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jaroslav Průcha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274347_721b6a.jpg)
Jaroslav Průcha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Marie Glázrová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268332_e1e419.jpg)
Marie Glázrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Karel Veselý
Best movies:
Hlídač č. 47 (1937)
![Ladislav Boháč](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268978_602e30.jpg)
Ladislav Boháč
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Morality Above All Else (1937)
![František Kovářík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268135_1eef08.jpg)
František Kovářík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
![Alois Dvorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274298_87bdcf.jpg)
Alois Dvorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
![Milka Balek-Brodská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268525_fa5dc8.jpg)
Milka Balek-Brodská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Sins of Love (1929)
Slávka Holakovská
Best movies:
Muži v offsidu (1931)
Hlídač č. 47 (1937)
The Good Tramp Bernášek (1933)
![Zdeněk Hora](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275671_631b5e.jpg)
Zdeněk Hora
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hlídač č. 47 (1937)
Naši furianti (1937)
Průlom (1946)
![Václav Menger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275550_353dec.jpg)
Václav Menger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
![Karel Němec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275450_64df9a.jpg)
Karel Němec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Business Under Distress (1931)
Fráňa Vajner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
The World Is Ours (1937)
![Bohdan Lachman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275591_2c437d.jpg)
Bohdan Lachman
Austrian Empire
Best movies:
![Jaroslav Bráška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275332_4dba6d.jpg)
Jaroslav Bráška
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
Poslední muž (1934)
Heave Ho! (1934)
Jan Černý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Morality Above All Else (1937)
Alois Peterka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
U pěti veverek (1943)
Jánošík (1935)
Happy Journey (1943)
Josef Sládek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
The World Where One Goes Begging (1938)
The River Is Performing Magic (1945)
Julius Baťha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
The Merry Wives (1938)
Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
![Antonín Šolc](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335614_829865.jpg)
Antonín Šolc
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Girl in Blue (1939)
![Vladimír Smíchovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275385_d3650d.jpg)
Vladimír Smíchovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Girl in Blue (1939)
Baron Munchhausen (1940)