Directed by:
Štěpán SkalskýScreenplay:
Jaroslav DietlCinematography:
Václav HanušComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Mojmír Fašung, Jan Kačer, Jaroslav Moučka, Ilja Prachař, Marie Drahokoupilová, Václav Lohniský, Jiří Kostka, Václav Všelicha, Marie Štrampachová (more)Plots(1)
Cyril and Rudolf, two workers from a sawmill in the Bohemian Forest, militia men and Communists, have been good friends since their childhood. After the February putsch of 1948, Rudolf is assigned to work in the regional committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia while Cyril still works at the sawmill. The first split in their friendship appears during the founding of an agricultural cooperative in Mokrá Hora. Rudolf roughly and ruthlessly fulfils Party orders and even imprisons several men to force his will on the village. One of the arrested is Baltazar, father of Cyril's girlfriend Anička. Despite that, Cyril marries Anička. Rudolf, dazzled by the proclaimed existence of the class enemy, begins to look at Cyril with suspicion. He even bans him from participating in the pursuit of the former owner of the sawmill, Matouš, who secretly returned from emigration and, along with his companions, tries to harm both the Communists and the village. Cyril, deeply hurt by the distrust of Rudolf and other comrades, sets out on his own against Matouš and his accomplices. He is shot dead in the forest and is accompanied by all village men along with Rudolf on his last journey. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mojmír Fašung
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Passing Through a Thick Forest (1963)
Úplně vyřízený chlap (1965)
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Jan Kačer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
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Jaroslav Moučka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Ilja Prachař
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
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Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Marie Drahokoupilová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
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Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Václav Lohniský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
Jiří Kostka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
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Václav Všelicha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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Scars of the Past (1958)
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Marie Štrampachová
Austria-Hungary
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On the Trail of Blood (1969)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
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Miroslav Částek
Czechoslovakia
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Vladimír Ptáček
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Otto Lackovič
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Josef Kozák
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The Secret of Blood (1953)
Karel Třebický
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Vladimír Hrabánek
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Vlastimil Čaněk
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Josef Hamáček
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Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
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Radim Cvrček
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Best movies:
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Jan Antonín Pacák
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