High school teacher Jiří is torn from his solitude and everyday life by an unexpected nighttime visit from his beloved younger sister, former seamstress Růžena. She tells her brother that she has run away from her husband Fanda, a textile merchant, because of his greed and vulgarity. However, Jiří later learns from his other sister, Tylda, that Růžena spent a lot of money and left her husband for a dragoon captain. The captain has now rejected his pregnant lover because he is getting married. Disappointed, Růžena believes that her brother has turned away from her because of her lie, and she decides to take a desperate step...
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Gabriela Marcinková
Known for
Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies
360
Jan Budař
Known for
Shadowplay
Medieval
Marián Labuda
Also in
Bodka
Kosmo
Jindřich Nováček
Also in
Blue Code
Kobova garáž
Stanislav Zindulka
Also in
Burning Bush
Ďáblova lest
Jana Smrčková
Also in
Guernica
Where the Early Bird Catches the Worm
Zdena Herfortová
Also in
La Vie en Rose
Konec dětských lásek
Barbara Lukešová
Known for
The Brothers Grimm
Ivan Řezáč
Also in
Burning Bush
Prsten kohouta Alektrya
Kateřina Winterová
Also in
Mária Terézia
Toman
Ester Kočičková
Known for
Men in Hope
Ladislav Županič
Known for
Cook Up a Storm
My Sweet Little Village
Jiří Krejčík Director · Karel Čapek Author Jan Jirásek Composer
First release September 26, 2010 · Produced in Czechia
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Česká televize
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Czechia
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Czech
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Czech
Release dates
Czechia · September 26, 2010
TV · ČT1
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