

94 minutes
4/15/1977
In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.

Rudolf Hrušínský
as Dr. Meluzin

Věra Galatíková
as učitelka Pavla Kodetová

Alois Švehlík
as Kodet

Jana Dítětová
as Šimonová

Marie Logojdová
as Markéta

Nina Popelíková
as Markétina matka

Josef Somr
as Vlach

Jaroslava Obermaierová
as Vlachová

Václav Lohniský
as hrobník Jaroš
Jan Faltýnek
as Karel

Vítězslav Jandák
as Ota

Věra Tichánková
as Pùlpánová

Václav Trégl
as Hybs
Jaroslava Tichá
as Ema Meluzinová
Claudi Niubò
Eduard Pavlíček
Daniel Novák
Tomáš Novák
Josef Střecha
Milena Štampová

Vlastimila Vlková