1968-09-13
82 mins
The Plot
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking blonde, ignores the men whom the devil foists off onto her. She loves Honza (Václav Neckár) and the boy shares her feelings. The fiend is annoyed by the couple and tries to provoke a row. He sends heavy rain to force them into a hotel and then warns Zuzana's father by phone, but the young lovers manage to get out in time. Then the obstinate Asmodeus takes Honza in his sleep to the Institute for Emotional Disorders, where he shows him the ugly sides of love - hysteria, voyeurism, fetishism, suicide attempts...
Cast and Crew
Juraj Herz
Václav Neckář
Jana Šulcová
Oľga Šalagová
Nurse Kateřina
František Zvarík
Head Physician Rudolf
Václav Štekl
Yvonne Přenosilová
Robert Morávek
Jaroslav Neduha
Josef Bartoš
Karel Linc
Jiří Lír
Stanislav Litera
Jiří Hálek
Jiří Ostermann
Petr Prouza
Dimitri Rafalsky
Otakar Rödr
Václav Soldát
Miloslav Šindler
Zdeněk Šmidrkal
Jan Vlček
J. Horák
P. Tins
J. Ungár
Eva Blažková
Hana Houbová
Marie Hübschová
Jiřina Jandová
Eva Řepíková
Růžena Vlčková
H. Bohatová
L. Geussová
D. Hůlková
E. Janoušková
Zuzana Dubská
Václav Halama
Viktor Maurer
Jindřich Poledňa
Rudolf Veselý
Václav Vodák
L. Jirotka
Helena Růžičková
K. Zintl
Jiří Štěpnička
Oldřich Dědek
František Kopal
Ota Jahn
Zdeněk Rytíř
Karel Svoboda
Václav Šimeček
Milan Vobliza
Hana Bažantová
Olga Blechová
Marta Richterová
Hana Talpová
Soňa Zborníková-Stenová
O. Hiršalová
A. Hůlková
L. Kymlová
M. Pirnerová
František Svačina
Michal Herz
Milena Dvorská
Nurse Kateřina (voice)
