Directed by:
Otakar VávraCinematography:
Jaroslav TuzarComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Jiří Vala, Martin Růžek, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jana Hlaváčová, Světla Amortová, Vladimír Brabec, Jiří Štíbr, Marie Poslušná, Jaroslav Moučka, Antonín Šůra (more)Plots(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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jiří Vala
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Martin Růžek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
All My Compatriots (1968) - narrator
Rudolf Hrušínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Elementary School (1991)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Jana Hlaváčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Světla Amortová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
Mrs Dulská's Morals (1958)
The Plain Old Maid (1959)
Vladimír Brabec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Jiří Štíbr
Best movies:
The Joke (1968)
Awakening (1959)
The Night Guest (1961)
Marie Poslušná
Best movies:
The Night Guest (1961)
Hledá se táta! (1961)
Ledoví muži (1960)
Jaroslav Moučka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Antonín Šůra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Zdeněk Braunschläger
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Jan Přeučil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Svatopluk Skládal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Josef Hlinomaz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Jaroslav Kepka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Královská hra (1980) (TV movie)
Jaroslava Panýrková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Na kolejích čeká vrah (1970)
The Night Guest (1961)
Cubs (1957)
Jan Schmidt
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
You Are Not Alone (1978)
The Night Guest (1961)
Spring Breeze (1961)
Jiří Stivín
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
The Night Guest (1961)
Michael Kocáb 70 (2024) (concert)
Ivan Šlapeta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Ball Lightning (1978)
The Night Guest (1961)