The Plain Old Maid (1959)

7.4/10 73 min Drama

Overview

At the end of the 1950s, some filmmakers attempted to escape the ideological dictates by turning to psychological drama. We watch as an aging, uptight, strict woman who has come to inspect a regional publishing house literally blossoms and snows. A few days of comfort and happiness, however, are capped by a bitter epiphany: the man who had so charmed her has indeed embezzled the money entrusted to him.

Cast

Dana Medřická

Hana Kalvodová

Karel Höger

Jiří Štefl

Otakar Brousek

Boleslav Hronek

Valentina Thielová

Eva

Vladimír Menšík

vrátný v hotelu

Václav Lohniský

Manager Štolfa

Nelly Gaierová

barmanka

Eva Očenášová

servírka

Jiří Jirmal

kytarista (uncredited)

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