
In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.
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Rudolf Hrušínský as Dr. Meluzin

Věra Galatíková as učitelka Pavla Kodetová

Alois Švehlík as Kodet

Jana Dítětová as Šimonová

Marie Logojdová as Markéta

Nina Popelíková as Markétina matka

Josef Somr as Vlach

Jaroslava Obermaierová as Vlachová

Václav Lohniský as hrobník Jaroš

Jan Faltýnek as Karel

Vítězslav Jandák as Ota

Věra Tichánková as Pùlpánová

Václav Trégl as Hybs

Jaroslava Tichá as Ema Meluzinová

Claudi Niubò as

Eduard Pavlíček as

Daniel Novák as

Tomáš Novák as

Josef Střecha as

Milena Štampová as

Vlastimila Vlková as
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