Directed by:
Vladimír MichálekCinematography:
Martin DubaCast:
Martin Dejdar, Jiří Lábus, Jaroslava Rytychová, Kateřina Kozáková-Bílková, Jiří Schmitzer, Oldřich Kaiser, Pavel Landovský, Libuše Tomanová (more)Plots(1)
Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a place in a rigidly ordered society by changing the desperate conclusion INTO a happy end. The film provided Czech comic Jiří Lábus with a new kind of role: that of the despotic uncle. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Martin Dejdar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silent Pain (1990)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Lábus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jaroslava Rytychová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
All My Loved Ones (1999)
America (1994)
Kateřina Kozáková-Bílková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
America (1994)
Jiří Schmitzer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Oldřich Kaiser
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Pavel Landovský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Adelheid (1969)
Libuše Tomanová
Best movies:
America (1994)
Tomáš Vorel st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pražská 5 (1988)
Díky za každé nové ráno (1994)
Out of the City (2000)
Pavel Nový
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
Milan Riehs
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Jan Schmid
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Requiem for a Maiden (1991)
Petr Vacek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gobseck (1985) (TV movie)
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
Saturnin (1994)
Václav Marhoul
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Besídka 50 let Divadla SKLEP (2021) (theatrical recording)
Rána z milosti (2005) (TV movie)
America (1994)