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Empties

2007-03-08 · 103 min · ★ 6.9

Comedy

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

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Directors
Jan Svěrák
Production companies
Portobello Pictures, Phoenix Film Investments
Countries
Czech Republic
Status
Released

Top Cast

Zdeněk SvěrákZdeněk SvěrákJosef Tkaloun
Daniela KolářováDaniela KolářováEliška Tkalounová
Tatiana DykováTatiana DykováHelenka
Jiří MacháčekJiří MacháčekRobert Landa
Pavel LandovskýPavel LandovskýŘezáč
Jan BudařJan BudařÚlisný
Nela BoudováNela BoudováPtáčková
Ondřej VetchýOndřej VetchýŘezáč mladší
Miroslav TáborskýMiroslav Táborskývedoucí Šubrt
Robin SoudekTomík
Martin PechlátMartin PechlátKarel
Božidara TurzonovováBožidara TurzonovováKvadrová
Věra TichánkováVěra TichánkováLamková
Jana PlodkováJana Plodkováčárkovaná
Jan VlasákJan VlasákWasserbauer
Alena VránováAlena Vránováředitelka školy
Lucie PernetováLucie Pernetovátelefonní operátorka
Kristina KloubkováKristina KloubkováDáša

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