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Ceiling
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Ceiling

1962-03-15 · 42 min · ★ 5.5

Drama

The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost completely without hearing her voice. It is seldom that Marta gets the space to speak, instead she is mostly subject to the voice of others.

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Directors
Věra Chytilová
Production companies
FAMU
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Marta KaňovskáMarta
Julián ChytilJulián
Jaroslav SatoranskýJaroslav SatoranskýHonza
Josef AbrhámJosef AbrhámPepik
Ladislav MrkvičkaLadislav MrkvičkaJarda
Jiří MenzelJiří Menzel
Boubaker Adjali
Beyene Afework
Ludmila PíchováLudmila Píchová
Soňa Neumannová
Helga ČočkováHelga Čočková
Miloš FormanMiloš Forman
Věra Uzelacová
Jiří BrdečkaJiří Brdečka
Waldemar MatuškaWaldemar MatuškaWaldemar Matuška
Ríša Vonšovský
Jan Kühnmund
Ilonka Sedláčková
Dagmar Cejnková
Karel Jiroušek

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