In May 1945, a broken violinist lies drunk by a creek, haunted by memories of his life before and during WWII. Once the celebrated first violin in spa orchestras, he married Jewish nurse Róza and dreamed of fatherhood, only to face brutal anti-Jewish persecution. Relegated to second violin, he spirals into alcoholism and betrayal, while Róza and their daughter are deported. Cast out by colleagues and lovers, he descends into madness, murdering a vagrant with his violin case. In a final psychotic haze, he tends a roadside Christ statue before collapsing, his shattered life a testament to love, loss, and atrocity.
Ivana Chýlková
Svatava Hubeňáková
Eliška Kuchařová
Rudolf Máhrla
Vlastimil Brodský
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Marek Vašut
Gestapo Officer
Daniel Rous
Josef Langmiler
Hrbek
Karel Urbánek
Martin Zahálka
Václav Babka
Antonín Hardt
Vlastimil Hašek
Jiří Knot
Vlasta Mecnarowská
Jiří Pomeje
Michael Hofbauer
Vladuna Polanská
Magdaléna Holendrová
Libor Hruška
Pavel Nový
Gestapo Officer (voice)
Pavel Pípal
Hrbek (voice)
