Directed by:
Miroslav Josef KrňanskýCinematography:
Julius VegrichtComposer:
Jan KaprCast:
Ladislav Boháč, Helena Bušová, Vladimír Salač, Vladimír Leraus, Marie Rosůlková, Jindřich Plachta, Stanislava Strobachová, Stella Májová, Josef Gruss, Jaroslav Marvan, Eman Fiala (more)Plots(1)
The wife of cottager Marek has an illegitimate son, Jaroslav, with landowner Navrátil, who has no interest in the boy. Marek reproaches his wife for her misbehaviour even after many years, avoids working, and drinks away their money. Jaroslav is a good boy and his mother is a great support. He likes Liduška, who lives alone with her father, the ferryman Král. Her mother has long ago abandoned them. Marek makes friends with the vagabond Doubek, who usually comes to the village each summer for seasonal farm work. Doubek takes a fancy to Liduška, and the romantic adolescent girl is not indifferent to him. Jaroslav is jealous of Doubek and on account of him he quarrels with Liduška. Mrs. Králová comes from Prague, but she leaves at once without having met with her daughter. Marek needs money for his lover, the innkeeper Marie, and together with Doubek he burglarizes Navrátil's safe. Doubek is soon arrested after the theft and Marek drowns in fleeing from the police. Navrátil, whose marriage has remained childless, would like to redress his long years of indifference toward his son by offering Mrs. Marková and Jaroslav money. Both, however, proudly refuse it. Liduška makes up with Jaroslav. (NFA)
(more)Cast
Ladislav Boháč
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Helena Bušová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Capek's Tales (1947)
U pěti veverek (1944)
Vladimír Salač
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Vladimír Leraus
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Alena (1947)
Marie Rosůlková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
The Cremator (1968)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Jindřich Plachta
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Stanislava Strobachová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
Divá Bára (1949)
The Little Herdsman from the Valley (1983)
Stella Májová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Josef Gruss
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Příběh dušičkový (1964) (TV movie)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Jaroslav Marvan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Eman Fiala
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Marie Vášová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Conscience (1948)
Vladimír Řepa
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Jan W. Speerger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Lumberjack (1922)
Emanuel Hříbal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Antonín Jirsa
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Josef Steigl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Conscience (1948)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Drahomíra Hůrková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The River Is Performing Magic (1945)
Thirsty Youth (1943)
Dnes neordinuji (1948)