Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a place in a rigidly ordered society by changing the desperate conclusion into a happy end. The film provided Czech comedian Jirí Lábus with a new kind of role: that of the despotic uncle of a main hero Karel Rossman (Martin Dejdar).
Length 90 minutes
Martin Dejdar | Jiří Lábus | Jarka Rytychová | Kateřina Kozáková-Bílková | Jiří Schmitzer | Oldřich Kaiser | Pavel Landovský | Milan Riehs | Jan Schmid | Petr Vacek | Ladislav Skrabánek | Olga Charvatova | Václav Marhoul | Libuse Tomanová | Tomáš Vorel | Pavel Nový | Jan Unger | Radim Hladík Jr.