Drama Romance
Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a little Ruthenian schtetl which, in true Hassidic fashion, awaits the arrival of the Messiah. But Hanele decides to follow the Zionists instead. She moves to the city to prepare for her departure to the Promised Land, where she meets a successful businessman named Ivo Karadzic, who has renounced Judaism to become a free-thinker. Their love for each other doesn’t only drive Hanele’s parents to distraction, it also threatens to destroy the entire community in the schetl.
Directed by
Karel Kachyňa
Eva Holubová
Ester Fuxová
Pavel Rímský
Alois Švehlík
Leib Abramovič (voice) (uncredited)
Martha Issová
Stanislav Zindulka
Jid Fajnerman
Milan Lasica
Grandpa Šafar
Jan Kraus
Salamon Fux
Miroslav Noga
Ivo Karadžič
Hanuš Bor
Pinches Jakubovič
Petr Meissel
Peter Šimun
Leib Abramovič
Táňa Fischerová
Mom
Jiří Pomeje
Lieutenant
Luděk Munzar
Narrator (voice)
Martin Hofmann
Václav Chalupa
Šlojme Kac
Daniel Margolius
Student
Marie Ludvíková
Mikuláš Křen
Hana Frejková
Dušan Sitek
Rudolf Kubík
Rudolf Máhrla
Old Kac
Lada Jelínková
Hanele Šafarová
Zuzana Fišárková
Lucie Žáčková
Ján Sedal
Jiří Ornest
Dad
Jozef Kubáník
Radim Kalvoda
Benci Fux
Magdaléna Sidonová
Lenka Svadbíková
Jindřich Khain
Herše Fux
Steva Maršálek
Mojše Kahan
Hana Franková
Ivo's Mother
Tereza Krenová
Lucie Soušková
Veronika Větrovcová
Milan Hajn
Magdalena Souskova
Leila Ayari
Lucie Nedvědová
Peter Gábor
Zuzana Talpová
Marion Pagáčová
Johana Rezková
Jan Růžička
Miloš Vosmanský
Erik Peťovský
Jiří Müller
Luděk Randár
Iva Pančenková
Tereza Chytilová
Jan Nejedlý
Martin Veliký
Ondřej Škoch
František Novotný
František Martínek
Vít Mareček
David Jurča
Aleš Blinka
Viktor Feuerlicht

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