Overview
We have a liberal, modern Czech flapper bound to a serious and bored husband and don't forget the important fact that the wife has a lover so soon the widening gulf between husband and wife leads to stress and resentment and we get a tormented psychological study of irreconcilable differences that will lead to tragedy.
Director and cast
- Gustav Machatý Director
- Eva Byronová as Natasa Pozdnysevová
- Jan W. Speerger as Pozdnysev
- Miroslav Kryštof-Kutina as Truchacevský
- Saša Dobrovolná as Nurse-maid
- Erna Zenísková as Young Girl in the Concert
- Máňa Ženíšková as Young Girl in the Concert
- Božena Svobodová as Natasa's Mother
- Alfred Schlesinger as Doctor
- Václav Žichovský as Hearer in the Concert
- Rudolf Stahl Cast
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