Smoke on the Potato Fields

Smoke on the Potato Fields

94 mins | Drama | April 15, 1977

In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.

Smoke on the Potato Fields

94 mins | Drama | April 15, 1977

Smoke on the Potato Fields
In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Dým bramborové natě
Directors Tomáš Urban, Aleš Dospiva, František Vláčil
Writers Bohumil Říha, Vladimír Kalina, Václav Nývlt, František Vláčil

Cast

Rudolf Hrušínský

as Dr. Meluzin

Věra Galatíková

as učitelka Pavla Kodetová

Alois Švehlík

as Kodet

Jana Dítětová

as Šimonová

Marie Logojdová

as Markéta

Nina Popelíková

as Markétina matka

Josef Somr

as Vlach

Václav Lohniský

as hrobník Jaroš

Jan Faltýnek

as Karel

Věra Tichánková

as Pùlpánová

Václav Trégl

as Hybs

Jaroslava Tichá

as Ema Meluzinová