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Martin FričDrehbuch:
Václav WassermanKamera:
Wenzel WichBesetzung:
František Smolík, Vlasta Burian, Antonie Nedošinská, Ela Poznerová, Alexander Třebovský, Ella Nollová, Čeněk Šlégl, Gustav Hilmar, Vladimír Smíchovský (mehr)Inhalte(1)
After years of grind Martin Žemla finally manages to open his own grocer's shop. His neighbour, Šustrová the widow, manoeuvres the kind and gentle Žemla into marrying her daughter Pavlína. But she feels a mere grocer is not good enough for her and tells him on their wedding night that she does not like him and makes him sleep in the backroom of the grocer's shop. Retired horse master Kyllian often comes into Žemla's shop. He abuses Žemla's hospitality and drinks and eats there on tab. Žemla is upset by the flagrant selfishness of the two women. He also has to tolerate them devouring all his groceries. When the widow falls ill Pavlína allegedly goes to visit her at the hospital, but in fact she meets a young officer. Then Šusterová comes out of hospital. Pavlína tries to coax Žemla into her bedroom but he refuses. He finds out by chance from her mother that Pavlína is pregnant. He realises his wife has been unfaithful. He surveys his miserable life and his empty shop and poisons himself by eating match heads. The police come the next day and find him dead. Kyllian profits from the confusion and erases the tab on which his debts are recorded. (Verleiher-Text)
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František Smolík kann so gut spielen, wie er will (und das tut er natürlich auch, daran besteht kein Zweifel), die ganze Aufmerksamkeit zieht aber die Figur von Burian auf sich. Zu Recht. Er hat die Figur nämlich absolut exakt dargestellt und die Zuschauer*innen müssen sich wundern, wie ihnen der Onkel, der alle ständig beleidigt (eine Ausnahme sind nur diejenigen, von denen er profitieren kann), zunehmend auf die Nerven geht.
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This suffocating drama by Ignát Hermann is one of the greatest triumphs in František Smolík's career. Nedošinská and Burian were also transformed here in a fascinating way. From today's point of view, it’s too bad that Smolík was forever suppressed by the guest star Burian. Appreciating Smolík is apparently only for the advanced.
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I simply enjoy the humor of this era, and I was literally amazed when Antonie Nedošinská was having fun with her movie daughter. Their late-night conversation is quite gritty, and the words they use really caught my attention. And this is a beautiful use of the Czech and therefore also the German language. Vlasta Burian is different than usual, but still good. It's just that the film as a whole isn't that much of a win.
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