Otevřený kruh (1973)
The television production captures the last decade of the life of the now world-renowned painter Karel Purkyně (1834 - 1868) and his struggle for the possibility of creative expression. After studying in Paris, he returns to Prague. He is not recognized, has no success and actually lives on the support of his father, the famous physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně. The only understanding he finds is in his admirer Maria, whom he marries. But he loses her too due to his emotional involvement with another woman. He dies too young and leaves behind a work whose artistic value will only be appreciated much later, at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Director:
Marie Poledňáková
Writers:
Josef Eismann, František Červinka.
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Luděk Munzar as |
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Hana Maciuchová as |
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Karel Höger as |
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Josef Vinklář as |
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Miriam Hynková as |
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Karolina Slunéčková as |
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Jana Hlaváčová as |
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Zdeněk Buchvaldek as |
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Vladimír Ráž as |
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Jaromír Spal as |
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Josef Mixa as |
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Josef Bláha as |
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Josef Hlinomaz as |
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Viktor Maurer as |
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Jana Drbohlavová as |
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Karel Vlček as |
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Daniela Kolářová as |
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Jan Faltýnek as |
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Marta Skarlandtová as |
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Jiří Helekal as |
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Jan J. Vágner as |
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Eva Lorenzová as |
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Lída Plachá as |
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Ludmila Engelová as |
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Jiří Suk as |
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Marta Richterová as |
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Šárka Jerieová as |
| Directing | Marie Poledňáková | Director |
| Writing | Josef Eismann | Screenplay |
| Writing | František Červinka | Screenplay |
| Directing | Božena Riesnerová | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Marie Poledňáková | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Alois Nožička | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Bohuslav Kudláček | Camera Operator |
| Art | Miloš Ditrich | Set Designer |
| Editing | Jitka Baumanová | Editor |
| Camera | Jan Novák | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jarmila Konečná | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jan Klusák | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Miloš Horák | Camera Operator |
| Production | Jiří Kříž | Production Manager |
| Crew | Vlastimil Jílek | Choreographer |
| Sound | Svatava Hrubcová | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |