Directed by:
Juraj HerzScreenplay:
Václav ŠašekCinematography:
Dodo ŠimončičComposer:
Luboš FišerCast:
Iva Janžurová, Petr Čepek, Marie Rosůlková, Ota Sklenčka, Vladimír Jedenáctík, Karel Chromík, Jana Plichtová, Evelyna Steimarová, Karel Černoch, Josef Laufer (more)Plots(1)
This film adaptation of Jaroslav Havlíček’s psychological novel presents Iva Janžurová in the role of a temperamental headstrong spinster from a rich smalltown family whose optimistic outlook is put to the test in the marriage to her cousin who suffers of an insidious disease – of which the woman has no idea at first. (Summer Film School)
Cast
Marie Motlová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Behold Homolka (1969)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Václav Štekl
Czechoslovakia
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The Cremator (1968)
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Jan Kotva
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Vlastimila Vlková
Austria-Hungary
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My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Happy End (1967)
Marie Černá
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Oil Lamps (1971)
Kamenný řád (1975) (series)
Osud jménem Kamila (1974)
Miloslav Šindler
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The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
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Dušan Urgošík
Czechoslovakia
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Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
Oil Lamps (1971)
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Ilona Jirotková
Czechoslovakia
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Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Oil Lamps (1971)
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Marian Cingroš
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Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
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Skok do tmy (1964)
Zdeněk Grygárek
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Morgiana (1972)
The Hero Is Afraid (1965)
Milena Kaplická
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Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Josef Burda
Czechoslovakia
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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Oil Lamps (1971)
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Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Miloslav Štibich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Jiřina Jandová
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Party and the Guests (1966)
Otto Ohnesorg
Austria-Hungary
Vít Pešina
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Josef Skrčený
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)