Directed by:
Jiří BělkaScreenplay:
František DanielCinematography:
Jaroslav KučeraComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Vlasta Chramostová, Helga Čočková, Valentina Thielová, Ludmila Píchová, Stanislav Fišer, Zdena Hadrbolcová, Karel Hlušička, Eva Klepáčová, Oldřich Lukeš, Tomáš Hádl, Světla Amortová, Ema Skálová (more)Plots(1)
As on every working day, Jana Černá gets her children ready for school. Then they all run together through a rainy morning to catch a tram. The postwoman manages to hand her a telegram from her husband. He is coming back home that evening after being away for four weeks on business. The children get off at their school and Jana carries on to the polyclinic where she works as a nurse at the children's ward. She has a lot of work ahead of her: vaccination of numerous invited children in the morning and family visits in the afternoon. Jana is anxious just thinking about how she will manage - after work, she also has to do the shopping and get to the dry cleaners on time. When a young colleague offers to fill in the patients' cards for her, she is relieved. Some of the afternoon baby visits prove unnecessary; others prove valuable for the inexperienced parents. Jana rushes and breaks her shoe heel and a stranger helps her; the lady at the dry cleaners is already closing up but kindly opens the shop for her. On the tram, Jana thinks about her busy schedule, and how much more free she would be if she stayed at home. Nonetheless, she loves her work and so she always changes her mind about quitting. At home, she finds her children in the middle of a wet floor; they wanted to help her with the cleaning. Finally, all is sorted out. Jana is in front of the mirror and her little son snuggles up to her, telling her how much he likes the way she looks. The bell rings. The father has come back home. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Vlasta Chramostová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The White Lady (1965)
Helga Čočková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
Scalpel, Please (1985)
Awakening (1959)
Valentina Thielová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silent Pain (1990)
The Boxer and Death (1962)
Snowdrops and Aces (1982)
Ludmila Píchová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Stanislav Fišer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Zdena Hadrbolcová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
Karel Hlušička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Eva Klepáčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Kolya (1996)
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Tomáš Hádl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1964)
Escape (1967)
Malý Bobeš (1961)
Světla Amortová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Mrs Dulská's Morals (1958)
The Plain Old Maid (1959)
Ema Skálová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
School for Fathers (1957)
Madame Sans-Géne (1971) (TV movie)
Vladimír Menšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Elena Hálková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Věra Budilová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdina roba (1992) (theatrical recording)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Jan Skopeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Zdeňka Černá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Válka vypukne po přestávce (1978) (theatrical recording)
Bude řeč o penězích (1988) (TV movie)
Madame Sans-Géne (1971) (TV movie)
Lenka Fišerová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965) (TV movie)
Hope (1963)
Horoucí srdce (1962)
Emilie Hráská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Awakening (1959)
Příklady táhnou (1939)
Scars of the Past (1958)
Antonín Kandert
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Capek's Tales (1947)
Neviditelný (1965) (TV movie)
Happy Journey (1943)