Desire

Desire

91 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1958

A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the first skit, a young child's impressions are observed as his newborn baby sister becomes a part of the family. In the second, a young woman falls in love for the first time one summer, and in the third, a tough, older peasant woman battles against the farming cooperatives. Finally, in the last segment, everything comes full circle as a woman who is about to become a grandmother dies while her daughter-in-law has not yet given birth.

Desire

91 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1958

Desire
A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments. In the first skit, a young child's impressions are observed as his newborn baby sister becomes a part of the family. In the second, a young woman falls in love for the first time one summer, and in the third, a tough, older peasant woman battles against the farming cooperatives. Finally, in the last segment, everything comes full circle as a woman who is about to become a grandmother dies while her daughter-in-law has not yet given birth.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Touha
Directors Marie Kaplanová, Jiří Hanibal, Věra Plívová-Šimková, Vojtěch Jasný, Václav Vorlíček
Writers František Břetislav Kunc, Vojtěch Jasný, Vladimír Valenta

Cast

Jan Jakeš

as Joska (segment "O chlapci, který hledal konec sveta")

Václav Babka

as Father (segment "O chlapci, který hledal konec sveta")

Vlastimil Brodský

as Shoemaker Novosad (segment "Andela") / (voice)

Jana Brejchová

as Lenka (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

Jiří Vala

as Jan (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

František Vnouček

as Father (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

Otto Šimánek

as Brother-in-law (segment "Lidé na zemi a hvezdy na nebi")

Věra Tichánková

as Andela (segment "Andela")

Václav Lohniský

as Michal (segment "Andela")

Zdeněk Kutil

as Pavelka (segment "Andela")

František Mušálek

as Father (segment "Andela")

Vladimír Menšík

as Combine Driver (segment "Andela")

Milada Davidová

as Mařenka

Anna Melíšková

as Mother (segment "Maminka")

Jiří Pick

as Václav (segment "Maminka")

Ilja Racek

as Frantisek (segment "Maminka")

Alena Kreuzmannová

as Mařenka (voice)