Preludium (1941)
Theater props maker Karel Vajgant has a young wife, Magda, and two children, seven-year-old Pavlík and eleven-year-old Pepička. Magda is a caring mother, but she feels that her husband prioritizes work and his comfort. In a weak moment, Magda becomes unfaithful. Vajgant receives an anonymous letter that warns him of his wife's infidelity. His friend, the opportunist Tonda, advises him to throw away the letter and instead devote more time to Magda...
Director:
František Čáp
Writers:
Rudolf Madran-Vodička, A. J. Urban.
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Zdeněk Štěpánek as Karel Vajgant |
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Jiřina Štěpničková as Magda |
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Nataša Tanská as Pepička |
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Miroslav Červený as Pavlík |
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Terezie Brzková as šatnářka |
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Jan Pivec as Tonda |
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František Kovářík as Zikmund |
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Míla Páčová as Holmová |
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František Roland as komisař |
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Jan W. Speerger as inspektor |
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Václav Pecián as strážník |
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Růžena Gottliebová as herečka |
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Darja Hajská as herečka |
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Vladimír Řepa as herec |
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Otto Rubík as |
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Hermína Vojtová as |
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Lola Skrbková as |
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Marie Ježková as |
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Jiří Krchňavý as |
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František Paul as |
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František Milič as |
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Anna Steimarová as |
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Antonín Jirsa as |
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Jiří Fiala as |
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Marie Nademlejnská as |
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Miloš Šubrt as |
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Stanislava Strobachová as |
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Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá as |
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Elsa Vetešníková as |
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Jiří Eliáš as |
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Viktor Socha as |
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Oleg Reif as |
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Jarmila Smejkalová as |
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Vladimír Pavlar as |
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Eduard Kohout as (voice) |
| Directing | František Čáp | Director |
| Writing | Rudolf Madran-Vodička | Screenplay |
| Writing | A. J. Urban | Screenplay |
| Writing | Josef Rovenský | Story |
| Camera | Karel Degl | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Antonín Zelenka | Editor |
| Directing | František Milič | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vladimír Vlček | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jaromír Holpuch | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jan Zázvorka | Production Design |
| Art | Prokop Pěkný | Set Decoration |
| Sound | František Šindelář | Sound |
| Production | Karel Šilhánek | Production Manager |
| Sound | Otakar Jeremiáš | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jiří Fiala | Original Music Composer |