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Réalisation:
Otakar VávraPhotographie:
Jaroslav TuzarMusique:
Jiří SrnkaActeurs·trices:
Jiří Vala, Martin Růžek, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jana Hlaváčová, Světla Amortová, Vladimír Brabec, Jiří Štíbr, Marie Poslušná, Jaroslav Moučka (plus)Résumés(1)
During one rainy evening, an unexpected guest, German businessman Walter Huppert, breaks into the calm atmosphere of a small inn by the Benešov highway. There is something wrong with his Mercedes and he is thus trying to find a car-mechanic. Just to make sure, he books a room in the inn and smuggles in his companion, a very young Czech girl named Jana. He himself then returns to the bar, offers wine to all people present with great geniality, and does not stop talking. Publican Kalous listens to him with increasing nervousness - Huppert strongly reminds him of an SS-man who handled him brutally in a concentration camp. When Huppert gets drunk and begins to claim openly his Nazi conviction, Kalous loses all remaining control and shoots at him. Jana, alarmed by the shooting, goes down to the bar and reveals to Kalous and the old Remunda that she joined Huppert only out of curiosity. The night bus brings over Kalous's mother and subsequently the police arrive with Huppert, who immediately reported on the incident with Kalous. The commanding corporal cannot grasp why Kalous began to shoot, beginning to understand only when Huppert bursts out in uncontrollable rage. Huppert leaves in the repaired car and the policemen take Kalous away. There are only Kalous' mother and Jana left in the inn, and the latter just came to learn about the twists of life. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
At a time when the only thing swelling on stage is the singleton “Mr. Grundig” from Gablonz, this psychological drama about reviving traumas and blank pages quickly loses its density. Of course, Rudolf Hrušínský is to blame. The good thing is that when it doesn’t intend to fully dive into the realm of drama due to the odd double exposures, there’s space for nuances of lightness. “More fodder!”
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