Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine. Rosa, a beautiful young maid, fleeing the sexual exploitation of a wealthy butcher, climbs up to join them on their remote farm and dares to become part of Adam's world. A cycle of life begins again, in a remote turn-of-the-century village tied to the land and its animals.
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Radek Holub
Adam
Known for
Little Otik
Alena Mihulová
Róza
Known for
Anthropoid
Milada
Valérie Zawadská
Adam's mother
Known for
Delta of Venus
Viktorie Knotková
Neighbor
Known for
Faust
Antonín Molčík
Butcher
Also in
Nemocnice na kraji města
Slavné historky zbojnické
Zdeněk Dušek
Vejsada
Also in
Sanitka
Love Lost
František Peterka
Policeman
Known for
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Vlastimil Zavřel
Bull's owner
Known for
The Girl on the Broomstick
Václav Helšus
Gamekeeper
Also in
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Rabbies
Zdeněk Kozák
Neighbor
Known for
Little Otik
Cutting It Short
Alice Šnirychová-Dvořáková
Anežka
Also in
To jsem z toho jelen
Všichni do jednoho
Roman Slovák
Fireman
Also in
Burning Bush
Dobré ráno, Brno!
Karel Kachyňa Director · Karel Čabrádek Screenplay Jan Procházka Story
United States release April 20, 1994 · Produced in Czechia · Production MIRAGE Production Service
Production
Česká televize
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MIRAGE Production Service
Production
Czechia
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Original title
Kráva
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · October 28, 1993
TV · ČT1
United States · April 20, 1994
Premiere · San Francisco International Film Festival
Czechia · January 11, 1996
Limited theatrical · Art cinemas
Czechia
August 19, 2005 · Physical · DVD
September 28, 2006 · Theatrical · Re-release
Slovakia
October 19, 1994 · TV · STV1
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