Release Date

09 Jan, 1948

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide. The portrait looks lifelike and Chazaj is content with the results. After Chazaj's death the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it. The last victim is the young painter Roman who buys Chazaj's portrait in a bazaar. He finds a treasure in the frame and begins to live well off it. The comfortable life suits him so well that he rejects his original artistic aims and becomes a painter of fashionable kitsch.

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Actors

Otomar Krejča

Luba Skořepová

Vladimír Šmeral

Ladislav Kulhánek

Karel Dostal

Rudolf Deyl

Felix le Breux

Růžena Šlemrová

Ludmila Píchová

Emil Bolek

František Holar

Viktor Očásek

Bohumil Machník

Vladimír Hlavatý

Jiří Těšík

Rudolf Hrušínský nejst.

Marie Nademlejnská

Břetislav Hrstka

Robert Morávek

Karel Hynek

Jan S. Kolár

Crew

František Vlček

Jiří Slavíček

Václav Dražil

Jan Roth

Josef Pechar

Josef Liesler

Josef Kobík

Martin Frič

Николай Гоголь

Josef Liesler

František Nestler

Jan Kohout

Miloslav Hůrka

Dalibor C. Vačkář