Directed by:
František VláčilCinematography:
František UldrichComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Petr Čepek, Emma Černá, Jan Vostrčil, Jana Krupičková, Pavel Landovský, Lubomír Tlalka, Miloš Willig, Karel Hábl, Zdeněk Mátl, Alžběta Frejková, Josef Němeček (more)Plots(1)
It is the year 1945 and the war is over. Viktor Chotovický, a lieutenant of the Czechoslovak foreign army until recently, arrives at the frontier village of Černý Potok as the state-appointed administrator of a confiscated farm. The saturnine and taciturn young man takes over part of the despoiled building - more reminiscent of a small manor - whose former owner, the active Nazi Heidenmann, is in jail waiting for trial. Sergeant Hejna assigns Adelheid, Heidenmann's daughter, to clean and cook for Viktor. Every day after work, Adelheid returns to join the other Germans waiting for expulsion. Viktor has a painful stomach illness and needs regular warm food. He thus asks if the girl could stay in the house overnight. The two shy people get nearer each other only with difficulty, further obstructed by the language barrier. Despite this, they spend a night together as lovers. The next morning Adelheid learns that her father was executed. The young woman locks herself in her room. Hejna warns Viktor against Adelheid's brother Hansgeorg, who was reportedly killed on the front, but has been spotted in the location. In the morning, Viktor finds Hejna, who spent the night on the farm, murdered. He himself is attacked by the young Nazi soon thereafter. Adelheid interferes in the fight and hits Viktor with an iron stick. Viktor is saved by Czech soldiers. Hansgeorg is killed and Adelheid is arrested. Although Viktor apologizes for her and defends her, the young woman faces a trial. Soon, Adelheid hangs herself. (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)
Emma Černá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Monahikoi typoi (2000)
Adelheid (1969)
Jan Vostrčil
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Kinoautomat: One Man and His House (1967)
Jana Krupičková
Best movies:
Adelheid (1969)
Five Girls Around the Neck (1967)
Chance (1971)
Pavel Landovský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
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Lubomír Tlalka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adelheid (1969)
Calamity (1980)
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Miloš Willig
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
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Karel Hábl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
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Zdeněk Mátl
Best movies:
Adelheid (1969)
Alžběta Frejková
German Empire
Best movies:
Adelheid (1969)
...and Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Josef Němeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adelheid (1969)
The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (1969)
Five Girls Around the Neck (1967)
Karel Bělohradský
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Adelheid (1969)
Vlasta Petříková
Best movies:
Adelheid (1969)
Five Girls Around the Neck (1967)
Bohumil Vávra
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
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Adelheid (1969)
Josef Somr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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