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The Open Countryside of a Lonely Man

Apr 4, 2002

★ 8.0

Overview

A chance encounter between a young student looking for a summer job and a slightly desolate man, a generation older, unable to overcome his chronic, dirt-ridden loneliness.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

FAMU

Česká televize

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Cast

Zdenál

Jiří Vymětal

Zdeněk

Zdeněk Marek

Boženka

Anna Slezáková

Franta

Stanislav Bartoš

Prostitute

Lenka Blažková

(uncredited)

Leo Hanuš

(uncredited)

Robert Ptáček

(uncredited)

Pavel Göbl

(uncredited)

Jiří Melcher

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