
Desire
A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the first skit, a young child's impressions are observed as his newborn baby sister becomes a part of the family. In the second, a young woman falls in love for the first time one summer, and in the third, a tough, older peasant woman battles against the farming cooperatives. Finally, in the last segment, everything comes full circle as a woman who is about to become a grandmother dies while her daughter-in-law has not yet given birth.
Release Date: 1958-12-25
Drama
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Casts

Václav Babka
as Father (segment "O chlapci, který hledal konec sveta")

Vlastimil Brodský
as Shoemaker Novosad (segment "Andela")

Jana Brejchová
as Lenka (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

Jiří Vala
as Jan (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

František Vnouček
as Father (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

Otto Šimánek
as Brother-in-law (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

Věra Tichánková
as Andela (segment "Andela")

Václav Lohniský
as Michal (segment "Andela")

Vladimír Menšík
as Combine Driver (segment "Andela")

Anna Melíšková
as Mother (segment "Maminka")