Directed by:
Václav KrškaScreenplay:
Václav ŘezáčCinematography:
Josef StřechaComposer:
Eman FialaCast:
Otylie Beníšková, Jarmila Bechyňová, Ljuba Hermanová, Jiřina Stránská, Libuše Zemková, Václav Voska, Jaromír Spal, Eman Fiala, Eduard Dubský, Rudolf Walter, Ota Motyčka, Saša Danešová (more)Plots(1)
Gloomy gallery tenement house in the suburbs is crowded with people, discontent with their fate. Symbol of better life is for them a worn-out bag of old lady Šachová, and they think their uncommunicative neighbour has locked loads of money inside it. The idea that they might pay off their debts even drives an indebted traveller, poor watchmaker and an office servant to a murder attempt. One night Šachová's son Vladimír arrives home. He has escaped from prison, where he was serving sentence for a theft committed because of a careless bar dancer. He knocks on his mother's door, but immediately afterwards he has to hide from one tenant - the mad Kníže. Full of happiness, mother hurries to open the door, but instead of son she encounters the Kníže. Shocked, frightened and disappointed, she suffers a heart attack. Standing above her dead body, Vladimír gives himself up to the police, and ashamed tenants realize that the bag contained only family items and a small amount of money. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Josef Kotapiš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
Viktor Očásek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Jindřich Pavlišta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pět hříšníků (1964)
When You Return (1947)
Místo v houfu (1964)
Zvonimir Rogoz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Krakatit (1948)
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
Dagmar Veselá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Goslings (1979)
When You Return (1947)
Večer s Oskarem Nedbalem (1974) (TV movie)
Antonín Soukup
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Josef Vinklář
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Emilie Hráská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Awakening (1959)
Příklady táhnou (1939)
Scars of the Past (1958)
Antonín Jedlička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Creation of the World (1957)
Ivo Gübel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
Milka Balek-Brodská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Sins of Love (1929)
Marta Májová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Distant Journey (1948)
Boris Milec
Best movies:
Green Gold (1964)
Okénko (1933)
Raging Barbora (1935)
Václav Irmanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Nita Romanečová
Ukraine
Best movies:
The Proud Princess (1952)
The World Belongs to Us (1937)
The False Pussycat (1937)
Zdeněk Šavrda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Zlaté dno (1942)
Vladimír Hlavatý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
Miloš Kopecký
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Stanislav Fišer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
H. Mimrová
Best movies:
Sign of the Anchor (1947)
When You Return (1947)