A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying misery; and a working-class boy romances a Roma girl.
Directed by Věra Chytilová, Jaromil Jireš, Jan Němec
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Pavla Maršálková
Mother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Ferdinand Krůta
Father František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Alois Vachek
Disabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Emil Iserle
Uncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Miroslav Nohýnek
Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Slávka Španková
Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Bohumil Hrabal
Spectator (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Jiří Menzel
Cyclist (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
Miloš Čtrnáctý
Patient, Former Singer (segment "Podvodníci")
František Havel
Patient, Former Journalist (segment "Podvodníci")
Josef Hejl
Barber (segment "Podvodníci")
Jan Vašák
Attendand (segment "Podvodníci")
Jiří Reichl
Young Man with Fracture (segment "Podvodníci")
Bohumil Hrabal
Man by the House (segment "Podvodníci")
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