The Return of the Prodigal Son
- Released on
- Runtime
- 98 mins
Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussions both with the patient and with people who know him, tries to find out what made the young and seemingly satisfied man decide to end his own life. Jan's pretty wife Jana (Jana Brejchová) claims not to know about anything but she is conducting an affair with a family friend, almost publicly and with the blessing of her parents.
Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussions both with the patient and with people who know him, tries to find out what made the young and seemingly satisfied man decide to end his own life. Jan's pretty wife Jana (Jana Brejchová) claims not to know about anything but she is conducting an affair with a family friend, almost publicly and with the blessing of her parents.
Cast
- Jan Kačer
- Jana Brejchová
- Jiří Menzel
- Milan Morávek
- Dana Medřická
- Anna Lebedová
- Antonín Lebeda
- Jiřina Třebická
- Jiří Kylián
- Nina Divíšková
- Klára Kačerová
- Hana Kreihanslová
- Josef A. Stehlík
- Bohumil Koška
- Leoš Suchařípa
- Josef Šulc
- Vlastimil Brodský
- Josef Vondráček
- Josef Janeček
- Olympie Janečková
- Karel Hovorka
- Josef Krameš
- Arnošt Bělohlávek
- Jiří Hartman
- Milan Maryška
- Rudolf Tichý
- Václav Čekal
- O. Plichta
- M. Říhová
- F. Sibera
- E. Zemanová
- A. Olexa
- Josef Abrhám
Director
- Evald Schorm
Producers
Screenwriter
- Sergej Machonin
- Evald Schorm
