Directed by:
Zdeněk TycCinematography:
Jaromír KačerComposer:
Martin SmolkaCast:
Petr Forman, Barbara Lukešová, Jana Dolanská, Vlastimil Zavřel, Jiří Hálek, Břetislav Rychlík, Jaroslav Mareš, Petr Popelka, Eva Holubová, Radim Špaček (more)Plots(1)
A visually gripping ballad set in the late 1940s. With its poetics referring to the Czechoslovak New Wave it tells the tragic story of a released prisoner undergoing hard time when trying to integrate into a South Bohemian village. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Petr Forman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/570/160570477_399289.jpg)
Petr Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
![Barbara Lukešová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/642/166642063_9639ec.jpg)
Barbara Lukešová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
![Jana Dolanská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/426/426597_a1fc62.jpg)
Jana Dolanská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Prey (1979) (TV movie)
![Vlastimil Zavřel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268195_0cc696.jpg)
Vlastimil Zavřel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
![Jiří Hálek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/047/165047353_42143c.jpg)
Jiří Hálek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
![Břetislav Rychlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966856_6bd351.jpg)
Břetislav Rychlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Inheritance (1992)
Boomerang (1996)
Vojtěch, Called Orphan (1989)
![Jaroslav Mareš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271373_c98f47.jpg)
Jaroslav Mareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Petr Popelka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313134_f29c3c.jpg)
Petr Popelka
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Vojtěch, Called Orphan (1989)
![Eva Holubová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725855_26301e.jpg)
Eva Holubová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Buttoners (1997)
![Radim Špaček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269859_dca2e4.jpg)
Radim Špaček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Vojtěch, Called Orphan (1989)
Blázni a děvčátka (1989)
![Viola Zinková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159946_88c3f1.jpg)
Viola Zinková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
![Bohuslav Ličman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276274_b702d8.jpg)
Bohuslav Ličman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
![Eva Svobodová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268480_83d55b.jpg)
Eva Svobodová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Gentlemen Boys (1975)