Smoke on the Potato Fields
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1977-04-15
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: František Vláčil
Spoken language: Český
Genres: Drama
Original title: Smoke on the Potato Fields
Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries: Czechoslovakia
Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Věra Galatíková
Alois Švehlík
Jana Dítětová
Marie Logojdová
Nina Popelíková
Josef Somr
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Václav Lohniský
Jan Faltýnek
Vítězslav Jandák
Věra Tichánková
Václav Trégl
Jaroslava Tichá
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