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