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Pozdní léto
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Pozdní léto

1974-12-24 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 6.0

Drama

"Everybody needs to feel that they belong to someone - and that's what our little František can give..." These are the words of childless Věra, who, together with her husband Karel, decides to take in an abandoned boy from an orphanage. The couple have tried many things in their lives: studying, finding a job. But none of these have fully satisfied them. But they have managed to create a home for themselves and now they want to offer it to a third child... Vera and her parents are delighted with the boy, who is still only a trial. But Karel, who himself lives with a sense of failure in his life, is finding it difficult and slow to adjust to the new member of the family...

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Directors
Antonín Moskalyk
Production companies
Československá televize Praha, Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Věra GalatíkováVěra GalatíkováVěra
Jiří ValaJiří ValaKarel
Michal SuchánekMichal SuchánekFrantišek
Dana MedřickáDana Medřická
Ladislav PešekLadislav Pešek
Vladimír Krigl
Josef Konzal
Josef HlinomazJosef Hlinomaz
Vladimír KrškaVladimír Krška

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