导演：埃瓦尔德·朔尔姆 

主演：扬·利比切克 瓦茨拉夫·巴布卡 约瑟夫·贝克 Karel Belohradský Bozena Böhmová 尼娜·蒂维斯科娃 Josef Elsner R. Engel 科维塔·菲亚洛娃 Ladislav Gzela Hovorka 弗拉迪米尔·赫拉巴内克 伊日·哈莱克 Vladimir Jedenáctik Pavel Jiras Jan Kacer Václav Kotva 伊里·里拉 雅罗斯拉夫·马雷什 Josefa Pechlatová 伊里·普拉希 Ljuba Sko 

Thisapocalypticparablecarrieswithinitaclearechoofthe1968invasionofCzechoslovakia.ThisunforgivingexplorationoftheCzechmentalitytellsthetaleofatroupeofwanderingactorswhoperformapassionplayinsomeunnamedvillage.Fearofsomeunknowndangerbreaksoutinthevillage,whichiscutofffromthesurroundingworld.Stupidity,selfishnessandaggressivenessthencometothesurfaceinthissocietyunderthreat.Inthefilm'skeyscene,awomanisrapedbytheself-styledleader.ZdenukMahler,whowouldlaterworkonForman'sexaminationMozartAmadeus,workedonthescriptThedirectorEvaldSchorm(1929-1988)wasoneofthemostoriginalmembersoftheCzech"NewWave".Duringthe"normalization"era,Schormspentmanyyearsunabletodirect.Hislastfilm,KillingwithKindness(1988)wasonlymadeinthetwilightyearsofCommunism.Duringthatperiodwhenhewasunabletodirectfilms,hebecameanoutstandingstagedirector.Hedirectedgroundbreakingproductionsatthe"Nazábradlí"TheaterandLaternaMagika.