105 minutes
9/1/1990
Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel Piccoli), who married his family maid. The boy has a good relationship with his uncle, and a touching picture of Czech family life just at the advent of World War II emerges. Since Emil and Ernst are both Jewish, they are eventually carted away by the Nazis.

Marianne Sägebrecht
as Martha

Michel Piccoli
as Ernst

Klaus Grünberg
as Berthold

Michael Kausch
as Werner

Václav Chalupa
as Emil

Ondřej Vetchý
as Emil (older)

Božidara Turzonovová

Vladimír Brabec

Božidara Turzonovová
as Roza

Vladimír Brabec
as Kluge

Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel
as Doctor Benda

Jitka Asterová
as Sister

Michael Kocáb
as Hruby

Jiří Strach