In a South Moravian wine-growing village in the early 1970s lives an old man who cannot accept the attitude of the younger generation towards nature and agriculture. Director Hynek Bočan made a number of films based on Jan Kostrhun's drafts, mostly set in the South Moravian environment (including The Face Behind the Glass), but the portraits were very flat. Relationships between people were often depicted in predictable schemes. The hero this time is an old villager who is struggling to cope with the changes in his attitude to nature and to agricultural work in general. He sees his only hope in his grandson, to whom he tries to pass on his life experience.
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Josef Kemr
Known for
Witchhammer
Marketa Lazarová
Miroslav Macháček
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
The Valley of the Bees
Ondřej Mikšíček
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Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice
The Infinity Castle
Jiřina Jirásková
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Život na zámku
Sňatky z rozumu
Blanka Bohdanová
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Zahrada dětí
We All Are Required to Attend School
Ivan Vyskočil
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The Party and the Guests
The Flying Cestmir
Kateřina Macháčková
Also in
Život na zámku
Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka
Josef Somr
Known for
Closely Watched Trains
Morgiana
Jana Smrčková
Also in
Guernica
Where the Early Bird Catches the Worm
Jan Kačer
Known for
The Valley of the Bees
Jitka Asterová
Also in
Where Stars Fall
Time of the Servants
Rudolf Pellar
Known for
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Joan of Arc
Hynek Bočan Director · Jan Kostrhun Screenplay Svatopluk Havelka Composer
First release June 1, 1983 · Produced in XC
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Filmové studio Barrandov
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XC
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Czech
Release dates
XC · June 1, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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