The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Government bureaucrat Ludvik becomes suspicious after several colleagues disappear and he overhears something strange at a cocktail party. Returning home with his wife, Anna, he finds their house under surveillance and spends a fraught night worrying about his possible arrest in the morning. Marital difficulties come to light as Ludvik and his wife attempt to act normal in front of the cameras while dredging up their problems out of sight.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
74 audience votes
Key crew
- Karel KachyňaDirector
- Karel KachyňaScreenplay
- Svatopluk HavelkaOriginal Music Composer
- Jan ProcházkaScreenplay
Cast
- Radoslav BrzobohatýLudvik
- Jiřina BohdalováAnna
- Jiří CíslerCast
- Miloslav HolubCast
- Milica KolofíkováCast
- Jaroslav MoučkaCast
- Ladislav KřiváčekCast
- Alois MottlCast
- František NěmecCast
- Bronislav PoloczekCast
- Josef ŠulcCast
- Jan TeplýCast
Stills
Themes
communismbureaucratmarital conflict