Advent (1957)

6.5/10 0 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Gustav Hilmar

Jura Podesva - farmer

Marie Vášová

Rozína

Otto Lackovič

Jan

Zdeňka Baldová

herbewoman Marýna

Jarmila Kurandová

Plesnicka Metúdková

Jaroslav Vojta

Head forester

Milada Smolíková

Forester's wife

Eva Klepáčová

Stázka

Stanislav Fišer

Fellow #1

Jiří Němeček

Glassman Ondra

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