Martha and I

Martha and I

105 mins | Drama | Sept. 1, 1990

Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel Piccoli), who married his family maid. The boy has a good relationship with his uncle, and a touching picture of Czech family life just at the advent of World War II emerges. Since Emil and Ernst are both Jewish, they are eventually carted away by the Nazis.

Martha and I

105 mins | Drama | Sept. 1, 1990

Martha and I
Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel Piccoli), who married his family maid. The boy has a good relationship with his uncle, and a touching picture of Czech family life just at the advent of World War II emerges. Since Emil and Ernst are both Jewish, they are eventually carted away by the Nazis.
Producers
Original title Martha et moi
Directors Jiří Weiss
Writers Jiří Weiss

Cast

Michel Piccoli

as Ernst

Klaus Grünberg

as Berthold

Michael Kausch

as Werner

Václav Chalupa

as Emil

Ondřej Vetchý

as Emil (older)

Vladimír Brabec

as / Kluge

Jiří Menzel

as / Doctor Benda

Jitka Asterová

as Sister

Michael Kocáb

as Hruby