
Engineer Pavel Hnyk is successful at work, but not very happy in his private life. He is approaching his fiftieth birthday and he can't shake the feeling that life is slipping away from him. The most effective medicine for such woes is amorous adventures, and Pavel indulges in them. His wife Alice is a lawyer by profession, so she knows about such cases, and because she is a wise woman, she passes them over in silence. One day, however, a new colleague appears at Pavel's workplace - the charming Slovakian Julie. A friendly relationship soon turns into a love affair, and over time it grows into a headless, destructive passion that cares for nothing and no one...
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Zdeněk Svěrák
Pavel Hnyk

Ivona Krajčovičová
Julka Tomčányová

Libuše Švormová
Alice
Václav Švorc
Zounek

Ladislava Kozderková
Vlasta

František Řehák
Hula

František Husák
Gelner
Vladimír Durdík ml.
Dana Balounová

Věra Tichánková

Gabriela Wilhelmová
Martička Krásová

Jaromíra Mílová
Vendulka

Anna Ferencová

Karel Smyczek
Boris Halmi
Jaroslav Someš

Jiří Tomek

Michal Suchánek
Alice Chrtková
Vladimír Švabík
Gatekeeper
Bedřich Čapek
Gizela Veclová
Marián Gajdoš
Ján Bzdúch

Pavel Vondruška

Jana Altmannová
Jimmy Bunzl
Jan Cmíral
Zdena Lukášová
Iva Petříčková
Olga Rosenfelderová
Zdena Rulcová

Jan Hraběta
Jiřina Zemanová
Helena Bártlová
Natalie Švabíková
Erich Fichtner
Jan Laibl
Šárka Štembergová
Věra Kalendová
Jiřina Jelenská
Rudolf Polesný
Pavel Myslík
Zbyněk Červenka
Musician
Jaroslav Klán
Musician
Karel Kroužil
Musician
František Pokorný
Musician
Karel Sobotka
Musician
František Šůcha
Musician

Miriam Kantorková
Martička Krásová (voice)

Sylva Sequensová
Vendulka (voice)

Dalimil Klapka
Gatekeeper (voice)
Crew
Director
Director of Photography
Editor
Novel
Set Decoration
Production Design
Original Music Composer
Creative Producer
Script
First Assistant Director
Assistant Camera
Makeup & Hair
Dramaturgy
Clapper Loader
Assistant Editor
Conductor
Assistant Production Design
Costume Design
Stunt Double
Unit Production Manager
Lyricist
Production Manager
Still Photographer
Sound
Assistant Director
Details
Release Date
1986-07-01
Runtime
76 min
Original Language
Czech
Languages
Czech
Slovak
Production Companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Genres
Drama
Comedy