Directed by:
Martin FričCinematography:
Jaroslav TuzarComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Zdeněk Štěpánek, František Smolík, Vladimír Ráž, Jaroslav Mareš, Vladimír Menšík, Jiří Sovák, Antonie Hegerlíková, Irena Kačírková, Běla Jurdová (more)Plots(1)
Today For the Last Time belongs without a doubt to the top of the post-war directorial work of the experienced Martin Frič. The central theme of this troubling psychological drama is the devastating influence of alcohol on individuals and their social ties. The story focuses on several regular visitors of the pub U Kroců, who continue to lie both to the others and to themselves that they can control their drinking. However, the reality shows each one of them that it is the other way round. In an extraordinary cast, particularly Zdeněk Štěpánek excels in the role of engineer Danda, whose alcohol addiction gradually disintegrates both his career and his family life. The film benefited from a relaxed political atmosphere after 1956, allowing Czechoslovak filmmakers to take a critical stand on some aspects of life in socialism. (Noir Film Festival)
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Marta Fričová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Adam and Eve (1922)
František Holar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Roman Holát
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Ledoví muži (1960)
Jezdec formule risk (1973)
Bohuš Hradil
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vladimír Hrubý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Ota Motyčka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Fanda Mrázek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jindřich Narenta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Cremator (1968)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Zdeněk Řehoř
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Ladislav Herbert Struna
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
The Sins of Love (1929)
Miroslav Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Stella Zázvorková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Kolya (1996)
Věra Váchová
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Věra Ferbasová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Marcela Sedláčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Today for the Last Time (1958)