1991-05-01
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The Plot
In May 1945, a broken violinist lies drunk by a creek, haunted by memories of his life before and during WWII. Once the celebrated first violin in spa orchestras, he married Jewish nurse Róza and dreamed of fatherhood, only to face brutal anti-Jewish persecution. Relegated to second violin, he spirals into alcoholism and betrayal, while Róza and their daughter are deported. Cast out by colleagues and lovers, he descends into madness, murdering a vagrant with his violin case. In a final psychotic haze, he tends a roadside Christ statue before collapsing, his shattered life a testament to love, loss, and atrocity.
Cast and Crew
Josef Novotný
Barbora Leichnerová
Ivana Chýlková
Svatava Hubeňáková
Eliška Kuchařová
Rudolf Máhrla
Vlastimil Brodský
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Marek Vašut
Gestapo Officer
Anna de Abren e Lima
Barbora Sloupová
Jana Šedová
Daniel Rous
Milan Riehs
Lešek Wronka
Josef Langmiler
Hrbek
Karel Urbánek
Martin Zahálka
Otomar Krejča ml.
Václav Babka
Marie Kadeřábková
Milan Klacek
Antonín Hardt
Vlastimil Hašek
Jiří Knot
Jiří Žák
Vlasta Mecnarowská
Jiří Pomeje
Jaroslav Tomsa
Michael Hofbauer
Václav Kotva
Vladuna Polanská
Ilona Jirotková
Petra Freserová
Magdaléna Holendrová
Luďa Marešová
Galla Macků
Miroslav Kahoun
Miloš Horanský
František Martiník
Roman Mecnarowski
Kamil Prachař
Libor Hruška
Daniel Hrbek
Pavel Nový
Gestapo Officer (voice)
