Directed by:
František ČápScreenplay:
Jan DrdaCinematography:
Ferdinand PečenkaComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Jaroslav Vojta, Marie Nademlejnská, Terezie Brzková, Marie Glázrová, Vladimír Salač, Otomar Korbelář, Jiřina Štěpničková, Gustav Nezval, Gustav Hilmar (more)Plots(1)
In the solitude of the Beskydy mountains live Vavruš Cagala and Cyril Hanulík and their families. Vavruš and Cyril are hard-working lumberjacks and foremen. Cagala's daughter Terezka is fond of Tomáš Hanulík. But also Pavel Zgabaj, son of the owner of companies in the valley, likes her. Cyril Hanulík is jealous about his wife Heva and wrongly suspects her of being unfaithful. Francek whom Heva loved before marrying avenges himself on Hanulíks: he sets fire to their beehives but the fire spreads to Cagala's hayloft. From that time on, the Cagala family is pursued by misfortune. They lose a horse and timber, and old Zgabaj demands back the money he leant them. He will relent only on condition that Terezka marries his son Pavel. Cagala does not want his daughter to sacrifice herself in this way. Terezka sneaks onto the Zbagajs' estate where she observes their tricks and an attempt to commit fraud with bills of exchange. On the urgings of an old woman, Francek's brother Vincek compensates the Cagala family for the losses incurred by the arson. Cagala can then pay back the loan and Terezka can marry Tomáš. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jaroslav Vojta
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Marie Nademlejnská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Terezie Brzková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
The Proud Princess (1952)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)
Marie Glázrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Vladimír Salač
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Otomar Korbelář
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Proud Princess (1952)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Lucerna (1960) (TV movie)
Jiřina Štěpničková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Gustav Nezval
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Lakomec (1972) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Gustav Hilmar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Jiří Dohnal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1971) (theatrical recording)
Auntie's Fantasies (1941)
Poprask na laguně (1966) (theatrical recording)
František Kreuzmann st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Vítězslav Vejražka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
Růžena Šlemrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Vladimír Řepa
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Jan W. Speerger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Lumberjack (1922)
Alois Dvorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Elena Hálková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Jaroslav Zrotal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Alena (1947)
František V. Kučera
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Poor Girl (1929)
The Girl from Beskydy Mountains (1944)
Václav Dědek
Best movies: