Directed by:
Ladislav RychmanScreenplay:
Vratislav BlažekCinematography:
Josef HanušCast:
Jiřina Bohdalová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, František Peterka, Libuše Geprtová, Stanislav Fišer, Eva Svobodová, Jiřina Bílá, Jan Maška, Helena Blehárová (more)Plots(1)
Tram driver Marie has far too much to do after her shift is over. But she likes to do it all since she loves her husband Václav sincerely. One day she spots him on the Lesser Town Square in Prague, kissing an attractive blonde good-bye. It seems to Marie that her small comfortable world has collapsed and she walks out of the tram in tears. But her sadness does not last long. She wipes off the tears and begins to act. She withdraws all the money from their savings books and buys off all the latest models from the Fashion Works. The visit to the beauty salon then completes her transformation into a lady. Václav is furious when he finds out that all the savings are gone. Marie silences his reproaches by listing all the housework for which he would otherwise have to pay. Václav gets drunk at a business evening party and Marie drives him to his lover Kateřina. There, she is introduced to Kateřina's husband, the boxer Béďa, who immediately falls in love with Marie and begins to date her. Václav and Kateřina are jealous, they both want their ex-partners back. Marie is busy refusing admirers and Václav decides to fight for her. He even competes with Béďa in a boxing match, but Béďa quickly knocks him down. At that moment, Marie interferes, puts Václav on his legs and raises his arm as a sign that he is the winner. The public cheers, the motor-horns hoot. - Marie again stands on Lesser Town Square in a shapeless tram driver's uniform. Without a word, she gets back to her work. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
All My Compatriots (1968)
František Peterka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Libuše Geprtová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
V zámku a podzámčí (1981) (TV movie)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Stanislav Fišer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Náš dědek Josef (1976)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
Eva Svobodová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Jiřina Bílá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
Jan Maška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Happy End (1967)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Helena Blehárová
Best movies:
Le Concert Midem Cannes 1968 (1968) (concert)
Semafor - Největší hity 2 (2007) (video compilation)
Tím hůř, když padnou (1972) (TV movie)
Otto Budín
Austria
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
Jan Diviš
Best movies:
Private Torment (1967)
Zlatá reneta (1965)
Aesop (1969)
František Hanus
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Růžena Lysenková
Hungary
Best movies:
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Awakening (1959)
Josef Koza
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Black Peter (1963)
Aleš Košnar
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
School for Fathers (1957)
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
A 105 p. c. Alibi (1959)
Milan Mach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Jiří Bruder
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York (1981)
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965) (TV movie)
Karel Pavlík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Milivoj Uzelac st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
I, Distressing God (1969)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)