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
Milan Lasica
Grandpa Šafar
Martha Issová
Jan Kraus
Salamon Fux
Eva Holubová
Ester Fuxová
Martin Hofmann
Hanuš Bor
Pinches Jakubovič
Alois Švehlík
Leib Abramovič (voice) (uncredited)
Miroslav Noga
Ivo Karadžič
Petr Meissel
Jiří Ornest
Dad
Ján Sedal
Marie Ludvíková
Hana Frejková
Stanislav Zindulka
Jid Fajnerman
Lucie Žáčková
Pavel Rímský
Jiří Pomeje
Lieutenant
Mikuláš Křen
Táňa Fischerová
Mom
Magdaléna Sidonová
Luděk Munzar
Narrator (voice)
Václav Chalupa
Šlojme Kac
Peter Šimun
Leib Abramovič
Lada Jelínková
Hanele Šafarová
Daniel Margolius
Student
Zuzana Fišárková
Rudolf Kubík
Radim Kalvoda
Benci Fux
Lenka Svadbíková
Dušan Sitek
Jozef Kubáník
Rudolf Máhrla
Old Kac
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
René Michalička

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