Charming bon vivant Rudolf is convinced that infidelity is the basis for a happy marriage, since, after all, a woman does not want to be bored with her partner.
Acting
Bolek Polívka's Rudolf—unhinged, magnetic, somehow almost convincing.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes irony; every 'lesson' ages like milk.
Director
Jiří Vejdělek
Bolek Polívka
Rudolf
Jiří Macháček
Ondrej
Petra Hřebíčková
Alica
Simona Stašová
Marta
Vica Kerekes
Šarlota
Lukáš Langmajer
Louis
Hynek Čermák
masér
Filip Antonio
Pavlík
Michal Novotný
číšník
Jitka Čvančarová
průvodkyně
Eliška Křenková
Irena
Emma Smetana
Bára
Berenika Kohoutová
mladá Marta
Václav Jílek
mladý Rudolf
Zuzana Onufráková
rozzlobená maminka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A massive hit in Czechia, this sparked national debates about masculinity and marriage that outlasted the film's theatrical run. The controversy was basically free marketing.
Director Vejdělek admitted he intended Rudolf as satire, but audiences kept quoting him sincerely at weddings. The failure of irony is the film's accidental masterpiece.
CZ
