Screenplay:
Antonín MášaComposer:
Jan KlusákCast:
Jaromír Hanzlík, Jiří Pleskot, Jiřina Jirásková, Vladimír Šmeral, Alexandra Myšková, Jana Brejchová, Jiří Holý, Miroslav Macháček, Nataša Gollová, Jan Kačer (more)Plots(1)
Young Michal’s disapproval of his father in this quasi-existential drama is to some extent more fundamental than the usual rebellion parents have to face as their children become adolescents. His father, a communist, was involved in shady party practices during the 1950s and now, in a somewhat more relaxed political climate, he attempts to deflect his guilt with bombastic speeches and recollections of his purported wartime heroics. His behaviour nevertheless reveals his uncertainty; he is groping in the dark just like his son, vainly seeking values to depend on. The “searching” of the film’s title is cleverly projected into the overall conception of the work: the characters speak to each other without understanding, and they roam restlessly from place to place without ever heading towards a specific goal. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jaromír Hanzlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Jiří Pleskot
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Jiřina Jirásková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Vladimír Šmeral
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Alexandra Myšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
Jana Brejchová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Jiří Holý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Miroslav Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Nataša Gollová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Jan Kačer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Táňa Fischerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Záchvěv strachu (1984)
Alena Bradáčová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Happy End (1967)
Marketa Lazarova (1967)
Svatba jako řemen (1967)
Jiří Adamíra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965) (TV movie)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Zdeněk Řehoř
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Jan Horníček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Searching (1965)
Jiří Hrzán
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Karel Kafka
Best movies:
Searching (1965)
Pátek není svátek (1979)
Ladislav Mrkvička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
Karel Karas
Best movies:
Tři spory (1981) (series)
Dítě (1973) (TV movie)
Ztracená tvář (1965)
Helena Samohelová
Best movies:
Searching (1965)