A man's dying obsession becomes his family's vulture buffet. Czech chaos ensues.
The story of an old gentleman who had spent his life restoring antiques. As an art connoisseur, he planned to surround himself with old paintings, which he collected deliberately. But his passion for painting was not well understood by his petty bourgeois family, who saw his collection of paintings as nothing more than money uselessly invested. And they are looking forward to selling off their inheritance...
Acting
Vladimír Šmeral's stubborn, wounded dignity as the collector
Writing
Steklý's satirical edge on class pretension and greed
Director
Karel Steklý
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steklý was a pillar of Czechoslovak cinema who survived the 1950s Stalinist purges, giving his class satire extra bite.
Jiřina Bohdalová, playing one of the greedy relatives, became Czechoslovakia's most beloved actress—here she's deliciously against type.
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