Advent

A ballad story from the life of the inhabitants of the Moravian Beskydy Mountains. The heroine is a young woman, Františka Plesníková. Františka's lover was killed by a falling tree before he could marry her, and the girl faced the bitter fate of a "roll" of illegitimate mother. Františka fought with all her might for a better life for her son Metúdek. For his sake, she eventually married an old widower farmer, Podešva. However, she soon realized that her marriage had not benefited either herself or her child.

Cast

Gustav Hilmar

as Jura Podesva - farmer

Nina Jiránková

as Frantiska Plesníková

Marie Vášová

as Rozína

Vojtěch Rosenberg

as Metúdek

Otto Lackovič

as Jan

Zdeňka Baldová

as herbewoman Marýna

Jarmila Kurandová

as Plesnicka Metúdková

Jaroslav Vojta

as Head forester

Milada Smolíková

as Forester's wife

Eva Klepáčová

as Stázka

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