Synopsis
The imperial councilor Ullik decides to modernize his old mills by installing a new turbine. His eccentric brother-in-law Artuš tries to prevent this, as the construction work disrupts the statics of the tower in which he lives. Ullik's older daughter Tynda is a talented singer. The bewitched girl secretly accepts the courtship of the virile Václav, the son of the night watchman. Her younger sister, the doctor Marie, wins the heart and hand of the astronomer Zouplna, despite her father's prohibition...
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Otakar VávraDirector
- Otakar VávraScreenplay
- Jiří SrnkaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- František SmolíkUllik
- Lída BaarováTynda
- Vlasta MatulováMarie
- Rudolf HrušínskýBohumil
- Meda ValentováRézi
- Eduard KohoutArtuš Fabian
- Marie GlázrováŽofka Pečulíková
- Jaroslav VojtaNezmara
- Vítězslav VejražkaVáclav
- Karel HögerDr. Arnošt Zouplna
- Jindřich PlachtaZouplna
- Vladimír MajerIng. John Mour
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Themes
based on novel or book