We Have Never Been Modern

Helena, is about to give birth and face a rosy future in a modern city, as the pregnant wife of an important factory manager. However, all her illusions soon perish, as the dead body of a newborn intersex baby is found in the middle of their factory. Helena needs to find out what happened here for the safety of her own child, but she runs into her own prejudices.

Cast

Eliška Křenková

as Helena Hauptová

Miloslav König

as Alois Haupt

Milan Ondrík

as Róbert

Luboš Veselý

as Doktor Kubák

Richard Langdon

as Alexander "Saša" Matula

Marián Mitaš

as Major

Anton Šulík ml.

as Advokát Schulz

Ladislav Hampl

as Jan Antonín Baťa

Martin Šalacha

as vedoucí Grena

Viktor Zavadil

as Bázik

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