Directed by:
Hugo HaasScreenplay:
Hugo HaasCinematography:
Ferdinand PečenkaComposer:
Jan BranbergerCast:
Jiřina Štěpničková, Hugo Haas, Ríša Novák, Karel Veverka, Saša Rašilov st., František Roland, Růžena Šlemrová, Lola Skrbková, Jozef Budský, Jiří Vondrovič (more)Plots(1)
On a park bench one gossip tells another the story of a young man who has just walked by. Years before, his mother Helena had been a beautiful and gifted student of singing. Her platonic lover was Vilém, fellow student and son of a bodice manufacturer and salesman. After a graduation party at the Conservatory Martin frivolously seduced Helena. The next day he went to Paris and left no word of himself at all. The girl was horrified to find out she was pregnant. She therefore welcomed Vilem's gallant proposal of marriage. Eight years passed. Vilém was by then successfully managing his factory, he adored his son Ivan as his own, and Helena loved her husband. But then Martin came back. He yearned for Helena and suspected Ivan was his son. Helena resisted Martin's courtship and Ivan instinctively hated his "uncle". One evening, before Martin was to leave, they had some champagne. When Vilém went to bed, drunken Martin embraced Helena. Ivan happened to see this and told Vilém. The latter generously offered liberty to his wife. Helena refused, because she loved her husband. The gossips are tearful at the touching story. A pensioner on the next bench observes: "Everything passes, only gossips are eternal." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jiřina Štěpničková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Hugo Haas
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Morality Above All Else (1937)
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
Ríša Novák
Best movies:
Gossips (1938)
Neporažená armáda (1938)
Madla zpívá Evropě (1940)
Karel Veverka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Station Master (1941)
Saša Rašilov st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Morality Above All Else (1937)
Distant Journey (1948)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
František Roland
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Baron Munchhausen (1940)
Růžena Šlemrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Lola Skrbková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Murderer Hides His Face (1966)
Jozef Budský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Louis Pasteur (1977) (TV movie)
Canarisova krvavá hviezda (1966) (TV movie)
Koniec a začiatok (1968) (TV movie)
Jiří Vondrovič
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Stanislav Neumann
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
The Proud Princess (1952)
František Paul
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Eva Prchlíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Merry Wives (1938)
Andula Won (1938)
Pán a sluha (1938)
Marie Blažková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Fanda Mrázek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
František Černý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Elsa Vetešníková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Sins of Love (1929)
Morality Above All Else (1937)
Karel Jičínský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Jaroslava Vacková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Gossips (1938)
Děti na zakázku (1938)
Paní Morálka kráčí městem (1939)
Rudolf Vašíček
Best movies:
Gossips (1938)
Neviděli jste Bobíka? (1944)
Včera neděle byla (1938)