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Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to stay casual with his married lover. Things get complicated when both women don't want to play his game anymore.

1h 40m1978TMDb 6.1

ComedyDrama

Czech

Crew and Cast

Věra ChytilováVěra ChytilováDirectorDagmar BláhováDagmar BláhováAnna ŠímováJiří MenzelJiří MenzelMUDr. Josef JohnJiří KodetJiří KodetMUDr. ArnoŠt RýdlEvelyna SteimarováEvelyna SteimarováMarta RýdlováNina PopelíkováNina PopelíkováJohn's motherBohuš ZáhorskýBohuš ZáhorskýProfessorJiří LábusJiří LábusPavel ŠímaKateřina BurianováKateřina BurianováDoctorJana SynkováJana SynkováLaboratory
Jitka NovákovaSingerNina DivíškováNina DivíškováPregnant womanPetr NárožnýPetr NárožnýHusband of pregnant woman
Miroslav KořínekPianist
Vladimír HrabánekTaxi driver
Tereza KučerováMarta's daughter
Štěpán KučeraMarta's son
Věra UzelacováTypistJitka CerhováJitka CerhováHana
Zuzana SchmidováJarunaIlja PrachařIlja PrachařTrain Passenger
Eva KačírkováSecretary
Zdeňka VanišováNurse Božka
Jana PrachařováNurseGabriela OsvaldováGabriela OsvaldováNurse
Kristina VlachováPhoning young mother
Jana SmrčkováHanáková
Marta RichterováShop assistantDaniela BartákováDaniela BartákováGirl from a farmJana DolanskáJana DolanskáSchool GirlJiří ZahajskýJiří ZahajskýVillager (voice)

Storyline

Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to stay casual with his married lover. Things get complicated when both women don't want to play his game anymore.

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Info

Original title
Hra o jablko
Status
Released
Released
3 February 1978
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB score
6.1 / 10 (7 votes)

Production

Director
Věra Chytilová
Writers
Věra Chytilová, Kristina Vlachová
Studios
Krátký film Praha
Countries
Czechoslovakia

Languages

Original
Czech
Spoken
Czech