Advent

Story

Synopsis

A ballad story from the life of the inhabitants of the Moravian Beskydy Mountains. The heroine is a young woman, Františka Plesníková. Františka's lover was killed by a falling tree before he could marry her, and the girl faced the bitter fate of a "roll" of illegitimate mother. Františka fought with all her might for a better life for her son Metúdek. For his sake, she eventually married an old widower farmer, Podešva. However, she soon realized that her marriage had not benefited either herself or her child.

Director

Vladimír Vlček

Writers

Vladimír Vlček, Jarmila Glazarová

Language

Czech

Country

Czechoslovakia

Release date

11 January 1957

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Gustav Hilmar

  Jura Podesva - farmer

• Nina Jiránková

  Frantiska Plesníková

• 

  Marie Vášová

  Rozína

• Vojtěch Rosenberg

  Metúdek

• 

  Otto Lackovič

  Jan

• 

  Zdeňka Baldová

  herbewoman Marýna

• 

  Jarmila Kurandová

  Plesnicka Metúdková

• 

  Jaroslav Vojta

  Head forester

• 

  Milada Smolíková

  Forester's wife

• 

  Eva Klepáčová

  Stázka

• Alois Cepek

  Uncle Kysucan

• Hynek Němec

  Uncle Dracula