Smoke on the Potato Fields
Overview
In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.
Movie Details
Languages
Czech
Studio
Filmové studio Barrandov
Key Crew
František Vláčil
Director
František Vláčil
Screenplay
Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Dr. Meluzin
Věra Galatíková
učitelka Pavla Kodetová
Alois Švehlík
Kodet
Jana Dítětová
Šimonová
Marie Logojdová
Markéta
Nina Popelíková
Markétina matka
Josef Somr
Vlach
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Vlachová
Václav Lohniský
hrobník Jaroš
Jan Faltýnek
Karel
Vítězslav Jandák
Ota
Věra Tichánková
Pùlpánová
Václav Trégl
Hybs
Jaroslava Tichá
Ema Meluzinová
Claudi Niubò
Eduard Pavlíček
Daniel Novák
Tomáš Novák
Josef Střecha
Milena Štampová
