Directed by:
Evald SchormCinematography:
Jaromír ŠofrComposer:
Jan KlusákCast:
Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libíček, Jana Brejchová, Zdena Salivarová-Škvorecká, Jaroslav Satoranský, Vladimír Valenta, Helena Růžičková, Josefa Pechlátová (more)Plots(1)
A charming story of a church caretaker to whom fate provides the opportunity to pose as a vicar in an obscure mountain village. With personable and rare sympathy for human weakness, he fulfills his role to the general satisfaction of a village longing for spiritual comfort. It's as if this false priest has breathed new life into the villagers and thus changes the absurd image of this idyllic village. In a hectic conclusion full of intrigue and plot twists, he gives into the temptation that has surrounded him. The film deals with tolerance as one of the basic conditions necessary for one's full and undistorted personal fulfillment and for human happiness in this world, as well as belief in honesty, decency, fairness and love as values that are the foundation for everything that makes sense. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Vlastimil Brodský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281492_215952.jpg)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
![Jan Libíček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271362_265fe9.jpg)
Jan Libíček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Jana Brejchová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281468_a9e15f.jpg)
Jana Brejchová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Zdena Salivarová-Škvorecká
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Martyrs of Love (1966)
![Jaroslav Satoranský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/102/168102963_q603li.jpg)
Jaroslav Satoranský
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Vladimír Valenta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Sunday in the Country (1974)
![Helena Růžičková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647089_6deb68.jpg)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
![Josefa Pechlátová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275144_3bb4c7.jpg)
Josefa Pechlátová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
![Martin Růžek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268710_95af03.jpg)
Martin Růžek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
All My Compatriots (1968) - narrator
Gueyu Cheick
Best movies:
The End of a Priest (1968)
![Vladimír Jedenáctík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275712_f2ca6f.jpg)
Vladimír Jedenáctík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
![Václav Kotva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268656_118684.jpg)
Václav Kotva
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
![Jiří Lír](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212048_ecd5fe.jpg)
Jiří Lír
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
![Jan Cmíral st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318156_1abe2b.jpg)
Jan Cmíral st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
![Jan Schmid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268611_380007.jpg)
Jan Schmid
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Requiem for a Maiden (1991)
Antonín Pražák
Best movies:
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
![Pavel Bošek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058517_6f0583.jpg)
Pavel Bošek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
The End of a Priest (1968)
![Ivan Kraus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873637_734115.jpg)
Ivan Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Private Torment (1967)
![Jiří Sýkora](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268686_74367e.jpg)
Jiří Sýkora
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Happy End (1967)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Marie Landová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
The End of a Priest (1968)