Directed by:
Karel SteklýScreenplay:
Karel SteklýCinematography:
Jan StallichComposer:
Jan SeidelCast:
Radoslav Brzobohatý, Ivanka Devátá, Jan Pivec, Gustav Nezval, Josef Beyvl, Libuše Řídelová, Vladimír Hlavatý, František Filipovský, Oldřich Vykypěl (more)Plots(1)
Based on the novel by Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod "Kašpar Lén the Avenger" (1908), the film is set in Prague before World War I. Kašpar Lén, a mason, returns to Prague after three years of war and finds that nothing is the same as before. When he searches for mason Kryštof and his daughter Márinka, with whom he lived in a sublet before leaving for the army, the current tenants tell him about their fate. The story, steeped in social injustice, greed, powerlessness and the desire for revenge, features solid performances by Radoslav Brzobohatý in the title role and Ivanka Devátá as Márinka. Another asset of this intimate film is its successful recreation of the atmosphere of Prague during the Austro-Hungarian era, including the nightlife and its associated establishments. The social-critical tone resonates to this day, as some practices will probably never disappear and will have to be fought against at all times. (Noir Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Ivo Gübel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268662_8131c0.jpg)
Ivo Gübel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Božena Havlíčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Perly panny Serafinky (1980) (TV movie)
The Avenger (1959)
![Rudolf Jelínek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268742_6cbe9e.jpg)
Rudolf Jelínek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
![Zdeněk Jelínek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/905/162905657_f5c122.jpg)
Zdeněk Jelínek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Královská hra (1980) (TV movie)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Magda Maděrová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275721_d60733.jpg)
Magda Maděrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Fantom Morrisvillu (1966)
From Saturday to Sunday (1931)
![Jaroslav Raušer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275724_6224e2.jpg)
Jaroslav Raušer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Guard of Dynamite (1963)
Žalář nejtemnější (1969) (TV movie)
![Heda Marková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275525_3e4c04.jpg)
Heda Marková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Awakening (1959)
Mrs Dulská's Morals (1958)
![Bedřich Vrbský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274361_0c7289.jpg)
Bedřich Vrbský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
![Vítězslav Boček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274277_bd9464.jpg)
Vítězslav Boček
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Krakatit (1948)
Happy Journey (1943)
![Václav Postránecký](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532055_889ae9.jpg)
Václav Postránecký
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Miroslav Homola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272359_1aa34a.jpg)
Miroslav Homola
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Jarka Pižla](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275383_490d86.jpg)
Jarka Pižla
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Valentin Knor
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Silvery Wind (1954)
The Avenger (1959)
![Miloš Hlavica](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/480/480021_ab56f4.jpg)
Miloš Hlavica
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Genij vlasti (1998) (TV movie)
![Ladislav Gzela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275655_74f196.jpg)
Ladislav Gzela
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Witchhammer (1969)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
![Václav Kyzlink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/457/165457886_fbdb7d.jpg)
Václav Kyzlink
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Conscience (1948)
![Eva Šenková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276057_0a345b.jpg)
Eva Šenková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
![Slávka Hamouzová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275976_cf17b2.jpg)
Slávka Hamouzová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)