Directed by:
K. M. WallóCinematography:
Julius VegrichtComposer:
Jan KaprCast:
Gustav Nezval, Gustáv Valach, Marie Vášová, Martin Růžek, Irena Kačírková, Bedřich Prokoš, Oldřich Lukeš, Eva Klenová, Eva Klepáčová, Svatopluk Matyáš (more)Plots(1)
One month after the end of the Second World War, in place of the former director - a Nazi henchman - the former worker Josef Lang is appointed national administrator of the Baťa factories in Zlín. The inexperienced man gratefully accepts an assistance from the clerk Andrle and makes him his secretary. The fawning Andrle worms his way into the Communist party and soon starts wielding his power over Lang. He deliberately causes confusion and discontent in the factory. Lang loses his friends and, on the advice of his secretary, he transfers the capable foreman Pazdera, otherwise a great critic of his, to the post of director of a filial plant. Lang becomes distanced from the workers and a relationship with Andrle's beautiful wife Sylvie destroys his hitherto good marriage. The airport steward Korvas cannot bear new pilots who are usually working class and he deliberately causes an accident during which the young pilot Opiján is killed. Lang allows himself to be bribed with a new car and signs a disadvantageous foreign commission in the company's name. After a review from the Ministry of Finance, Andrle, Korvas and others are arrested. Lang's wife Evka leaves him. Pazdera becomes the new director. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gustav Nezval
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Lakomec (1972) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Gustáv Valach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Marie Vášová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Conscience (1948)
Martin Růžek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
All My Compatriots (1968) - narrator
Irena Kačírková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Conscience (1948)
Bedřich Prokoš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Eva Klenová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1971) (theatrical recording)
U pěti veverek (1943)
Eva Klepáčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Kolya (1996)
Svatopluk Matyáš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
Jaroslav Raušer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Guard of Dynamite (1963)
Žalář nejtemnější (1969) (TV movie)
Eduard Dubský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Assassination (1964)
Conscience (1948)
Vlasta Jelínková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Ota Sklenčka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Jarmila Cmíralová
Best movies:
Infidelity (1956)
Karel Houska
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Josef Bárta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hope (1963)
Long Live the Republic! (1965)
Looking Back (1968)
Věra Benšová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
The Strakonice Bagpiper (1955)
Dagmar Pistorová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lumpacivagabundus (1970) (theatrical recording)
Infidelity (1956)
Nataša Baženová
Best movies:
Kamenný řád (1975) (series)
Haldy (1973) (series)
Skús ma objať (1991) (TV movie)