Her mother dead, 18-year-old Vladka travels to a remote village in the dead of winter to find the father she has never met. The happiness of their initial meeting gives way to the daughter’s disappointment and concern over the hardworking man’s alcoholism.
Directed by František Vláčil
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Cast
Ilona Svobodová
Vladka
Josef Vinklář
Jan Veselý
Ferdinand Krůta
Old Man
Karel Heřmánek
Petr
Miriam Kantorková
Innkeeper
Josef Žluťák Hrubý
Tonek
Jan Hrušínský
Martin
Karel Brožek
Water bailiff
Renáta Doleželová
Mrs. Blanka
Miluše Zoubková
Mother
Miloslav Homola
Marie Horáková
Vilemína Nejedlová-Skokanová
Blažena Slavíčková
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