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| Release Date: |
January 24, 1997 |
| Genre: |
Drama, Foreign |
| Running Time: |
105 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for some sensuality. |
| Director: |
Jan Sverak |
| Writer: |
Zdenek Sverak |
| Cast: |
Zdenek Sverak, Andrej Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova, Ondrez Vetchy, Stella Zazvorkova, Ladislav Smoljak, Irena Livanova |
Once a renowned cellist in the August Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, middle-aged bachelor, Frantisek Louka (Zdenek Sverak), now plays funerals at the city crematorium. Strapped for cash and lacking many material comforts, Louka frequently indulges himself with the company of other men's wives. Occupied by the Russians, Prague is on the eve of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. In the midst of the turmoil, a friendly grave-digger (Ondrez Vetchy) proposes that Louka marry his distant Russian niece (Irene Read more
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