Directed by:
Miroslav CikánComposer:
Dalibor C. VačkářCast:
Ladislav Pešek, Vladimír Řepa, Jaroslav Průcha, Dagmar Sedláčková, Marie Nademlejnská, Jaroslav Zrotal, Jiří Dohnal, Světla Svozilová, František Kovářík (more)Plots(1)
It is 1848, a time of revolt and great unrest. The revolutionary ideas are reaching even the Czech countryside. In a mountain-side village they heavily influence shoemaker Matouš, known for his strong feelings and struggle for justice, and who is explaining to the villagers, together with his neighbour Verunáč, the meaning of the word "constitution" and urging them to have courage. Matouš, together with his fellow-villagers, sets off to Prague where there is fighting going on. Their clash with the hulans ends tragically. The heavily wounded Matouš is taken to the hospital by his friend Vojta. When Matouš returns to the village the people have turned away from him and his beloved has married another man in the meantime. He makes shoes again, gets into conflict with the authorities again and is imprisoned. After his release he finds work in the factory but even there he is unable to be indifferent to injustice and provokes a rebellion. He is convicted to long years of forced labour but manages to escape. And because he is constantly in danger in Bohemia he secretly leaves for Silesia to join the old Verunáč. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ladislav Pešek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Vladimír Řepa
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Jaroslav Průcha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dagmar Sedláčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
Florenc 13,30 (1957)
Matous the Cobbler (1948)
Marie Nademlejnská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jaroslav Zrotal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Alena (1947)
Jiří Dohnal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1971) (theatrical recording)
Auntie's Fantasies (1941)
Poprask na laguně (1966) (theatrical recording)
Světla Svozilová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
František Kovářík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Běla Jurdová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
František Kreuzmann st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Emil Bolek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Hermína Vojtová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
František Šlégr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Milada Smolíková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
Josef Kemr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Bohumil Machník
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
The Portrait (1947)
Miloš Nedbal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Bedřich Vrbský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Krakatit (1948)