Desire
Touha
Release: 1958-12-25
·Runtime: 91m
·★ 6.0
Drama
A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the first skit, a young child's impressions are observed as his newborn baby sister becomes a part of the family. In the second, a young woman falls in love for the first time one summer, and in the third, a tough, older peasant woman battles against the farming cooperatives. Finally, in the last segment, everything comes full circle as a woman who is about to become a grandmother dies while her daughter-in-law has not yet given birth.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production Companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast
Vladimír Brabec
Ilja Racek
as Frantisek (segment "Maminka")
Václav Lohniský
as Michal (segment "Andela")
Vlastimil Brodský
as Shoemaker Novosad (segment "Andela"), (voice)
Jiří Vala
as Jan (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
František Vnouček
as Father (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
Otto Šimánek
as Brother-in-law (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
Anna Melíšková
as Mother (segment "Maminka")
Věra Bublíková
Zdeněk Řehoř
Vladimír Menšík
as Combine Driver (segment "Andela")
Blažena Holišová
Marie Kyselková
Václav Babka
as Father (segment "O chlapci, který hledal konec sveta")
Jana Brejchová
as Lenka (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")
Věra Tichánková
as Andela (segment "Andela")
Alena Kreuzmannová
as Mařenka (voice)
