Catalogue of Czech Television Programmes
This 1930's story of a poor Jewish community in far eastern Czechoslovakia is narrated with gentle humor. The villagers, including some highly original and truly human characters, live in common friendship and strictly follow the rules of their religion. The peaceful course of life is interrupted when the mikve, the purifying bath, is desecrated. Only after such a bath every month may a woman once again share her husband's bed. On top of this, the local teamster, a poor man with a large family, is deceived by a tourist couple and unpleasant consequences follow. In spite of their hardships, optimism tightly links the community in their hope for a brighter future.
35mm | 90' | © 1995
director(s): Zeno Dostál
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): J. Dudková, Z. Dostál
director of photography: J. Šajmovič
cast: O. Vetchý, J. Hartl, J. Ornest, J. Kemr, L. Tokoš and others
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English