Directed by:
Jaroslav BrabecCinematography:
Jaroslav BrabecComposer:
Jiří ŠustCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský ml., Barbora Hrzánová, Veronika Freimanová, Jitka Asterová, Raoul Schránil, Jakub Saic, Vladimír Marek, Josef Kemr, Martin Dejdar (more)Plots(1)
Josef Váchal's 1924 novel toyed with stereotypes drawn FROM lurid literary trash, and the work serves as the starting point for a film adaptation displaying high visual stylization. Director and cameraman Jaroslav Brabec translated this literary work INTO movie language by making ironic use of generic and esthetic models FROM cinema's earliest beginnings to the talkies era. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Klára Jirsáková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156490_77d061.jpg)
Klára Jirsáková
Best movies:
Přítelkyně z domu smutku (1992) (series)
Lea (1996)
Arabesky (1987) (TV movie)
Ladislav Klepal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
Ztížená možnost soustředění (1998) (theatrical recording)
![Jan Skopeček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268140_089026.jpg)
Jan Skopeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Roman Skamene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/946/160946590_dc1dc7.jpg)
Roman Skamene
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Mňága - Happy End (1996)
![Pavel Nový](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/542/161542201_fc7210.jpg)
Pavel Nový
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
![Petr Drozda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/204/161204759_be4662.jpg)
Petr Drozda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ball Lightning (1978)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
![Bořivoj Navrátil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268743_bbf6ab.jpg)
Bořivoj Navrátil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
The Ear (1970)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Marek Vašut](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806120_1545f7.jpg)
Marek Vašut
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mňága - Happy End (1996)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
La Vie en rose (2007)
![Milan Šteindler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281484_b64957.jpg)
Milan Šteindler
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Czech Soda (1998)
![Oldřich Vlach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294258_8f2f7e.jpg)
Oldřich Vlach
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Kateřina Frýbová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Případ Platfus (1985) (TV movie)
Hejtman z Kopníku (1983) (theatrical recording)
![Jaromír Dulava](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/484/159484801_b8b594.jpg)
Jaromír Dulava
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Czech Soda (1998)
Dámský krejčí (2012) (theatrical recording)
The Black Barons (1992)
![Pavel Pípal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/111/656/111656070_53c354.jpg)
Pavel Pípal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
Krvavá svatba (1987) (theatrical recording)
Smutek sluší Elektře (1991) (theatrical recording)
![Barbora Leichnerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/639/158639937_d6bf17.jpg)
Barbora Leichnerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The End of Old Times (1989)
Family Matters (1990)
Hidden in Silence (1996) (TV movie)
![Stanislav Hájek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058462_7d6054.jpg)
Stanislav Hájek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
The Elementary School (1991)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
![Helena Lehká-Rejšková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/662/165662340_4617f0.jpg)
Helena Lehká-Rejšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kam doskáče ranní ptáče (1987)
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Horror Story (1993)
Josef Hrubý
Best movies:
Signum Laudis (1980)
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
![Miriam Kantorková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268377_30b837.jpg)
Miriam Kantorková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Kam slunce nechodí... (1971) (TV movie)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
![Rudolf Hrušínský nejml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268160_9bd6bf.jpg)
Rudolf Hrušínský nejml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Touha (2011) (theatrical recording)
Horror Story (1993)
![Jiří Brožek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/209/165209444_0e35ed.jpg)
Jiří Brožek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Time of the Servants (1989)
Horror Story (1993)
Konečně si rozumíme (1976)