Synopsis
The generally respected director of a small-town savings bank, Hlavsa, commits embezzlement because of his wasteful and spoiled wife, and when the situation cannot be saved, he shoots himself. His mother, a simple village woman, takes in her widowed daughter-in-law and teenage grandson on the condition that they both help her to compensate for all the damage. For the city lady, the hard village work is suffering. The same goes for young Bořík, a gifted pianist who finds it difficult to give up his dreams of an artistic career...
Ratings
IMDb8.3/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Martin FričDirector
- Karel SteklýScreenplay
- Miloš SmatekOriginal Music Composer
- Jaroslav KřičkaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Terezie BrzkováBarbora Hlavsová
- František SmolíkVojtěch Hlavsa
- Jiřina ŠtěpničkováKlára Hlavsová
- Rudolf HrušínskýBořík, syn Hlavsových
- Jindřich Plachtapenzista Žanta
- Jaroslav Průchastarosta Prouza
- Vladimír Řepaholič Kvěch
- Stella MájováVlasta Kvěchová
- František Filipovskýklenotník Bartyzal
- Karel DostalLukáš Hlavsa
- Eliška KuchařováEliška
- Rudolf Hrušínskýmlynář Ryšavý
Themes
based on short story