Released:
1966-01-07

Overview:
A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying misery; and a working-class boy romances a Roma girl.

Directors:
Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová, Jiří Menzel, Jaromil Jireš, Jan Němec

Runtime:
1h 47min

Genre:
Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Pavla Maršálková
  as
  Mother (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
• 
  Ferdinand Krůta
  as
  Father František (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
• 
  Alois Vachek
  as
  Disabled Man (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
• 
  Emil Iserle
  as
  Uncle (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")
• 
  Miroslav Nohýnek
  as
  Lover (segment "Smrt pana Baltazara")