Directed by:
František DanielScreenplay:
František DanielCinematography:
Alois JiráčekComposer:
Wiliam BukovýCast:
Vladimír Menšík, Gabriela Vránová, Felix le Breux, Marcela Martínková, Eva Miláčková, Josef Kemr, Libuše Havelková, Aida Glosová, Věra Tichánková (more)Plots(1)
Standa Hurych has finished his national military service and has begun to work as a driver in an infant nursing institute. On the bus, he meets the elderly Mr Houdek, who wants to adopt the illegitimate child of Květa Slavatová, his colleague from the dining cars of the Czechoslovak Railways. Mrs Houdková, however, wants to know the name of little Honzík's father, for she suspects her own husband of the paternity. The handsome nurse Magda, who has been raising Honzík and likes him very much, is to get this name from Slavatová. She goes to visit her in Prague with Standa, but she fail to get it. At that instant, Standa interferes in the course of events and launches a Large-scale search. He finds out along with Magda that Slavatová in fact does not know the father. It was probably a soldier whom the young woman met in the Kašperk Mountains. That is where Standa, too, served his military service. He therefore turns to his friends there and, with Magda, writes a letter to all those ex-soldiers who could be the man. But this only causes a lot of problems. During their search, the young couple becomes close and they even begin to think about marriage. Their happiness, however, is shaken by a single sentence of the institute's head physician - they learn that Honzík was born prematurely, two months before the term, and thus even Standa may be the father. When Standa sees Květa in a photograph, the possibility turns into certainty. He decides to adopt the son himself and bring him up but he cannot face Magda. She, however, does not let him leave. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Vladimír Menšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Gabriela Vránová
Slovak state
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
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Felix le Breux
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
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Marcela Martínková
Czechoslovakia
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Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
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Eva Miláčková
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Josef Kemr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Libuše Havelková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Aida Glosová
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Hledá se táta! (1961)
Pohled do očí (1961)
Věra Tichánková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Kinoautomat: One Man and His House (1967)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Marie Poslušná
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Ledoví muži (1960)
Valentina Thielová
Czechoslovakia
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Zdeněk Řehoř
Czechoslovakia
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Václav Sloup
Czechoslovakia
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Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Iva Janžurová
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Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Milan Neděla
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
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Zdeněk Kutil
Czechoslovakia
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All My Compatriots (1968)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Jiří Němeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Waterloo (1967) (TV movie)
Alexandra Myšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Jiří Sovák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Kolya (1996)