Drama History
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.
Directed by
Zeno Dostál
Marek Vašut
Gestapo Officer
Ivana Chýlková
Vlastimil Brodský
Václav Babka
Jiří Knot
Svatava Hubeňáková
Daniel Rous
Martin Zahálka
Antonín Hardt
Vlastimil Hašek
Václav Kotva
Josef Langmiler
Hrbek
Karel Urbánek
Pavel Nový
Gestapo Officer (voice)
Michael Hofbauer
Magdaléna Holendrová
Pavel Pípal
Hrbek (voice)
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Jiří Pomeje
Rudolf Máhrla
Libor Hruška
Eliška Kuchařová
Vlasta Mecnarowská
Vladuna Polanská
Josef Novotný
Barbora Leichnerová
Anna de Abren e Lima
Barbora Sloupová
Jana Šedová
Milan Riehs
Otomar Krejča ml.
Marie Kadeřábková
Milan Klacek
Jiří Žák
Jaroslav Tomsa
Ilona Jirotková
Petra Freserová
Luďa Marešová
Galla Macků
Miroslav Kahoun
František Martiník
Roman Mecnarowski
Kamil Prachař
Daniel Hrbek

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