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The Portrait
1948, Jan 09
1h 27m
People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide. The portrait looks lifelike and Chazaj is content with the results. After Chazaj's death the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it. The last victim is the young painter Roman who buys Chazaj's portrait in a bazaar. He finds a treasure in the frame and begins to live well off it. The comfortable life suits him so well that he rejects his original artistic aims and becomes a painter of fashionable kitsch.
Directed by
Jiří Slavíček
Bohumil Švarc
Luba Skořepová
Martina Jordánová
Vladimír Hlavatý
Jan W. Speerger
Vladimír Šmeral
Painter Roman
Felix le Breux
Marcel Bernard
Rudolf Deyl
Jáchym
Otomar Krejča
Simon Jordán / Stepán Jordán
Růžena Šlemrová
Mrs. Viktorová
Jan S. Kolár
Emil Bolek
Bussinesman Viktor
Karel Dostal
Extortioner Chazaj
Ludmila Burešová
Marta Májová
Zora Božinová
Milada Smolíková
Marie Nademlejnská
Ladislav Kulhánek
Professor Mikulás
Ludmila Píchová
Líza Viktorová
František Holar
Mr. Zemblovský
Viktor Očásek
Merchant Image
Bohumil Machník
Homegrown
Jiří Těšík
Rudolf Hrušínský
Břetislav Hrstka
Robert Morávek
Karel Hynek
Bohuslav Kupšovský
Arnošt Mirský
Gabriel Hart
Emanuel Hříbal
Arno Velecký
Blažena Slavíčková
Jaroslav Orlický
Antonín Soukup
Dagmar Toužimská
Josef Kobík
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