Smoke on the Potato Fields (1977)
Overview
In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 1.072 |
Directed By
František Vláčil
Crew
František Vláčil
Jan Oliva
Miroslav Hájek
František Belfín
Bohumil Nový
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
František Fabián
Tomáš Urban
Vlasta Ulbertová
Aleš Dospiva
František Zapletal
Nita Romanečová
Vladimír Kalina
Jaroslav Hruška
Jana Goetzová
František Čížek
Bohumil Říha
Helena Lehovcová
Petr Hanousek
Vladimír Smutný
Ladislav Novotný
Jiří Pechar
Ctibor Novotný
Jiří Radil
Oldřich Železný
Václav Nývlt
Magda Hájková
Jaroslav Bouček
Jaromír Komárek
František Vláčil
Zdeněk Liška
Hana Hebrová
František Uldrich
Antonín Chloupek
TOP CAST
Rudolf Hrušínský
Dr. Meluzin
Věra Galatíková
učitelka Pavla Kodetová
Alois Švehlík
Kodet
Jana Dítětová
Šimonová
Marie Logojdová
Markéta
Nina Popelíková
Markétina matka
Josef Somr
Vlach
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Vlachová
Václav Lohniský
hrobník Jaroš
Jan Faltýnek
Karel
Vítězslav Jandák
Ota
Věra Tichánková
Pùlpánová
Václav Trégl
Hybs
Jaroslava Tichá
Ema Meluzinová
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