Smoke on the Potato Fields (1977)

  • NR
  • 03/31/1977 (XC)
  • Drama
  • 1h 34m

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.

František Vláčil

Director, Screenplay

Bohumil Říha

Novel

Václav Nývlt

Screenplay

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský's headshot

Rudolf Hrušínský

Dr. Meluzin
Věra Galatíková's headshot

Věra Galatíková

učitelka Pavla Kodetová
Alois Švehlík's headshot

Alois Švehlík

Kodet
Jana Dítětová's headshot

Jana Dítětová

Šimonová
Marie Logojdová's headshot

Marie Logojdová

Markéta
Nina Popelíková's headshot

Nina Popelíková

Markétina matka
Josef Somr's headshot

Josef Somr

Vlach
Jaroslava Obermaierová's headshot

Jaroslava Obermaierová

Vlachová

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