Directed by:
Zdenek SirovýScreenplay:
Jiří KřižanCinematography:
Jiří KolínComposer:
Ondřej SoukupCast:
Jiří Strach, Milan Sandhaus, Jiří Schmitzer, Zdeněk Podhůrský, Ivan Palúch, Petr Čepek, Gustav Opočenský, Petr Pospíchal, Jan Vlasák, Jiří Krytinář (more)Plots(1)
Ben is a teenage boy who, after the tragic death of his father, languishes in camp of prospectors and is forced to work for them. When the likable Chett Adams appears in town, Ben glimpses a shadow of hope for a better future. Chett not only deals with O'Brien, who is a violent card sharp, but also wants to use the winnings to send the boy to school in the southwest. But Ben's journey in search of a better life isn't straight, it's accompanied by an old prospector chased by robbers and is the hard school of life; at the end of he'll no longer be a boy, but a grown man... (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Oldřich Velen
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jan Hřebejk
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Year of the Devil (2002)
Big Beat (1993)
Whisper (1996)
Jiří Patočka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Smoke (1990)
Les Misérables (1998)
Bohumil Šmída
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
Girl with a Seashell (1980)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Josef Vyleťal
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Journey Southwest (1989)