Directed by:
František VláčilCinematography:
František UldrichComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Věra Galatíková, Jana Dítětová, Marie Logojdová, Vítězslav Jandák, Josef Somr, Alois Švehlík, Nina Popelíková, Václav Lohniský (more)Plots(1)
Rudolf Hrušínský's return to filmmaking came after a five-year involuntary break following the film Oasis (1972). Fires on Potato Fields is a story about the search for a new existential certainty in the middle of profane, alienated society of the 1970s; it is supported by Hrušínský's reserved acting and an atmosphere created by impressive cinematography and music. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
![Rudolf Hrušínský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268155_27d6b5.jpg)
Rudolf Hrušínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Elementary School (1991)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
![Věra Galatíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268328_cd4238.jpg)
Věra Galatíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
All My Compatriots (1968)
![Jana Dítětová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268307_e83e7a.jpg)
Jana Dítětová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977) (TV movie)
![Marie Logojdová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/480/480013_cf5e39.jpg)
Marie Logojdová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Smoke on the Potato Fields (1976)
Její pastorkyně (2012) (theatrical recording)
![Vítězslav Jandák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268186_20979e.jpg)
Vítězslav Jandák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Silent Pain (1990)
Signum Laudis (1980)
![Josef Somr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268175_66305a.jpg)
Josef Somr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
![Alois Švehlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/618/164618348_bf8743.jpg)
Alois Švehlík
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
The Black Barons (1992)
![Nina Popelíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268427_489efd.jpg)
Nina Popelíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
V zámku a podzámčí (1981) (TV movie)
Nezralé maliny (1980) (TV movie)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
![Václav Lohniský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268136_cc0c4b.jpg)
Václav Lohniský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
![Jan Faltýnek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271123_1f52c2.jpg)
Jan Faltýnek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
Hope (1963)
![Jaroslava Obermaierová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/259/161259046_79c580.jpg)
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
![Věra Tichánková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268489_282925.jpg)
Věra Tichánková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Kinoautomat: One Man and His House (1967)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
![Václav Trégl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268144_b1f8f7.jpg)
Václav Trégl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
![Jaroslava Tichá](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276106_733e65.jpg)
Jaroslava Tichá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
All My Compatriots (1968)
Funeral Ceremonies (1969)
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
Claudi Niubó
Best movies:
Smoke on the Potato Fields (1976)
Le Corps de Diane (1969)
Tomáš Novák
Best movies:
Smoke on the Potato Fields (1976)
Days of Betrayal II. (1973)
Útěk do větru (1965)
Eduard Pavlíček
Austria
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Josef Střecha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275747_0187f0.jpg)
Josef Střecha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Ball Lightning (1978)
![Vlastimila Vlková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268506_3813ef.jpg)
Vlastimila Vlková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Happy End (1967)