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The Way of the Cross (1938)
Directed by Jiří Slavíček
Overview
In a small village in the Chodsko region, people live with daily worries about making a living. Many are dependent on work on the estate. Only the priest Jiří is able to stand up against the undignified conditions here, but he receives no gratitude, because the steward turns the villagers against him. Staněk, an engineer whose son Ondřej is studying at a grammar school, also works on the estate. The boy would like to continue studying law in Prague and is very surprised by his mother’s wish for him to become a priest. His mother relies on the priest to talk Ondřej out of it. However, Jiří was once in the same situation, so he knows how difficult it is to perform well a mission that one has not chosen for oneself…
Actors
Hana Vítová | František Kreuzmann st. | Zdeněk Štěpánek | Jaroslav Průcha | Hermína Vojtová | Vladimír Šmeral | Jaroslav Marvan | Eman Fiala | Jiří Steimar | Ella Nollová | Karel Kolár | Marie Ptáková | Karel Černý | Karel Postránecký | Jindřich Fiala | Emil Dlesk | Karel Třešňák | František Malý | Marie Pilská | Nita Romanečová | Karel Máj | Vladimír Řepa | Josef Kotalík | Alois Dvorský | Josef Vošalík | Vladimír Jedlička | Jan W. Speerger | Gabriel Hart | Václav Menger | Arnošt Mirský