The director Ivan Balaďa was not allowed to finish this gloomy, black-and-white parable, inspired by Chekhov's short story Pavilion No. 6 - only after the fall of communism, more than twenty years later, did the film hit the cinema screens, unfortunately to negligible acclaim. In fact, it is only now that we can fully enjoy the story of an aging, increasingly exhausted mental institution doctor who is inexorably sinking to the level of his patients.
Cast
Zlatomír Vacek
Andrej Jefimyč Ragin
Vladimír Merta
Ivan Dmitrič Gromov
Slavoj Urban
Michail Averjanyč Goljubkin
Antonín Horák
Jevgenij Fjodoryč Chobotov
Hana Slivková
Marja Prokofjevna Chobotova
Ivan Králík
Sergej Sergejevič
Milica Linhartová
Naděžda Osipovna
André Maroun-Gédéon
Mojsejka
Vojtěch Ron
Lev Trofimovič
Elena Zvaríková-Pappová
Varvara
Ladislav Brothánek
Jefrim
Pavel Michailov
Nikita
Milena Vopatová
Unknown
Ladislav Gzela
Unknown
Zuzana Fišárková
Unknown
Mnislav Hofmann
Unknown
Jiří Ptáček
Unknown
Václav Provazník
Unknown
Alois Krameš
Unknown
Vlastimila Vlková
Darja Pavlovna
Pavel Pekárek
Unknown
Jana Posseltová
Unknown
Zora Rozsypalová
Unknown
Eva Řepíková
Unknown
Olga Čechová
Unknown
Marie Hatleová
Unknown
Julius Albert
Unknown
Žofie Housová
Unknown
Jiřina Jelenská
Unknown
Zuzana Fréharová
Unknown
Vratislav Žídek
Unknown
Klára Dohnalová
Unknown
Jan Drnek
Unknown
Vladimír Švabík
Unknown
Vít Haderka
Unknown
Magdalena Šebestová
Unknown
Libuše Komancová
Unknown
Šárka Štembergová
Unknown
Natalie Švabíková
Unknown
Klementina Zunová
Unknown
F. Andres
Unknown
J. Konůpka
Unknown
J. Šafránek
Unknown
J. Zeman
Unknown
K. Rys
Unknown
K. Zuna
Unknown
L. Hanuš
Unknown
I. Pešl
Unknown
M. Svoboda
Unknown
I. Hezinová
Unknown
M. Stupka
Unknown
Josef Němeček
Unknown
J. Navrátil
Unknown
J. Vacek
Unknown
Pavel Landovský
Narrator (voice) / Nikita (voice)
Josef Abrhám
Narrator (voice) / Ivan Dmitrič Gromov (voice)
Jiří Hálek
Jevgenij Fjodoryč Chobotov (voice)
Slávka Budínová
Marja Prokofjevna Chobotova (voice)
František Husák
Sergej Sergejevič (voice)
Eva Svobodová
Darja Pavlovna (voice)
Crew
Zdeněk Bláha
Dramaturgy
Ivan Balaďa
Director
Lubor Dohnal
Screenplay
Anton Chekhov
Short Story
Alois Fišárek
Editor
Juraj Šajmovič
Director of Photography
Julius Matula
First Assistant Director
Tomáš Škrdlant
First Assistant Director
Ivan Frič
Second Assistant Director
Jaroslav Kučera
Executive Producer
Jindřich Goetz
Production Design
Bohumír Durčák
Camera Operator
Vlastimil Malaska
Assistant Camera
Ester Krumbachová
Costume Design, Art Direction
Vlasta Malíková
Costumer
Oldřich Mach
Makeup & Hair
Jan Štětina
Makeup & Hair
Jan Valkoun
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Hora
Sound
Štěpán Koníček
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Jaroslav Chytrý
Set Decoration
Eva Slívová
Set Decoration
Ivan Minář
Still Photographer
Věra Houšková
Script Supervisor
Eva Charvátová
Clapper Loader
Václav Rouha
Production Manager
Blažej Vráb
Unit Production Manager
Zdeňka Černá
Unit Production Manager
Pavel Juráček
Creative Producer
Ladislav Herz
Assistant Production Manager