Directed by:
Vladimír MichálekCinematography:
Martin DubaCast:
Martin Dejdar, Jiří Lábus, Jiří Schmitzer, Václav Marhoul, Libuše Tomanová, Tomáš Vorel st., Petr Vacek, Jan Schmid, Milan Riehs, Pavel Nový, Pavel Landovský (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)
Even Mice Belong in Heaven (2021)
Jiří Lábus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jiří Schmitzer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Václav Marhoul
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Besídka 50 let Divadla SKLEP (2021) (theatrical recording)
Rána z milosti (2005) (TV movie)
Amerika (1994)
Libuše Tomanová
Best movies:
Amerika (1994)
Tomáš Vorel st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pražská 5 (1988)
Díky za každé nové ráno (1994)
Smart Philip (2003)
Petr Vacek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gobseck (1985) (TV movie)
Saturnin (1994)
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Jan Schmid
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Requiem for a Maiden (1991)
Milan Riehs
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Pavel Nový
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
Pavel Landovský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Adelheid (1969)
Oldřich Kaiser
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Kateřina Kozáková-Bílková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amerika (1994)
Jaroslava Rytychová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Amerika (1994)