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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