The Return of the Prodigal Son

Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussions both with the patient and with people who know him, tries to find out what made the young and seemingly satisfied man decide to end his own life.

19671h 38m5.6Movie

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Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussions both with the patient and with people who know him, tries to find out what made the young and seemingly satisfied man decide to end his own life. Jan's pretty wife Jana (Jana Brejchová) claims not to know about anything but she is conducting an affair with a family friend, almost publicly and with the blessing of her parents.

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Jan Kačer
Jan Kačer
Jan Sebek
Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová
Jana
Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel
Jirí
Milan Morávek
Milan Morávek
Doctor
Dana Medřická
Dana Medřická
Olga
Anna Lebedová
Anna Lebedová
Jana's Mother
Antonín Lebeda
Antonín Lebeda
Jana's Father
Jiřina Třebická
Jiřina Třebická
zdravotní sestra
Jiří Kylián
Jiří Kylián
Zdeněk
Nina Divíšková
Nina Divíšková
Klára Kačerová
Klára Kačerová
Hana Kreihanslová
Hana Kreihanslová

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