Directed by:
Antonín MášaScreenplay:
Antonín MášaCinematography:
Ivan ŠlapetaComposer:
Svatopluk HavelkaCast:
Petr Čepek, Táňa Fischerová, Marta Krásová, Vladimír Šmeral, Josef Somr, Jiří Hrzán, Jiří Pleskot, Jiřina Jirásková, Ladislav Mrkvička, Jiří Kodet, Jiří Menzel (more)Plots(1)
Once, the young poet Petr Hudec has been killed in the Art Nouveau setting of the castle The World [hotel Svět]. Later, his diary is found and the brief and incoherent notes became the basis for the story of the events preceding the murder. Peter is to meet his lover Veronika in the hotel. He is accommodated in a beautiful chamber. The behaviour of the personnel, however, is rather weird, oscillating between impertinent intrusion and offensive arrogance. Following Petr's conflict with the waiter Jiří, born Count, the poet is moved to a dilapidated room. While seeking Veronika in vain, he runs to several hotel guests. The refined old lady Rosická treats him in a very intimate way. The writer Blech explains to the poet that she had lost her son long ago and now tries to find him in every young man. Petr eventually succeeds in meeting Veronika, but she is already a different person from the one he used to know. She doubts her love to him and intimately cuddles with the male members of the personnel. Petr gradually quarrels with almost everybody in the hotel. The cook reveals his homosexuality to him but then tries to strangle him, worried of the disclosure. Petr's love for Veronika turned frigid and the young man decides to leave. The last night, he is murdered by three fatal stabs. The culprit is never found. The guests say goodbye to the personnel and leave, satisfied with their sojourn. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Petr Čepek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Táňa Fischerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Záchvěv strachu (1984)
Marta Krásová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Rusalka (1960) (TV movie)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Muž, který stoupl v ceně (1967)
Vladimír Šmeral
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Josef Somr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Jiří Hrzán
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Jiří Pleskot
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Jiřina Jirásková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Ladislav Mrkvička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
Jiří Kodet
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Higher Principle (1960)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
The Cremator (1968)
Larks on a String (1969)
Jan Libíček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Waldemar Matuška
Czechoslovakia
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All My Compatriots (1968)
Evald Schorm
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Party and the Guests (1966)
The Joke (1968)
Krajina s nábytkem (1986)
Evelyna Steimarová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kam slunce nechodí... (1971) (TV movie)
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle (1981)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Václav Kotva
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Štěpánka Řeháková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Kinoautomat: One Man and His House (1967)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
František Husák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Bohumil Koška
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Irena Šubrtová
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Hotel for Strangers (1966)
Malé letní blues (1967)