A family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovak village over a period of thirty years (1887–1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry; in the second part, his son is center stage living in a period of socio-political crisis, which ultimately results in the first World War. After originally airing on Czechoslovakian television in 1983 as a four-part 226-minute mini-series, this production received a 163-minute theatrical release in 1984.
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.
The fisherman Fuksa fishes in the creek an old bottle and he sells it to innkeeper Merta. When Merta opens it, a genie appears, who can fulfill all his wishes.
The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.
파티에서 위험한 대화를 하지 않았는지 한번 의심하기 시작하면 모든 것이 의심스러워 보인다. 그리고 부엌의 틈새에 떨어뜨린 포크를 집으려다 도청 마이크를 발견한다. 화장실에서도, 다른 방에서도 찾아볼 수 있다. 그러나 이미 말해서는 안 되는 것들을 말해 버린 후였다. 베란다에서 보낸 두 사람은 아침을 맞이한다. 아내가 불안함을 흘리며 화면이 점점 어두워지다 영화는 끝난다.