Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel Piccoli), who married his family maid. The boy has a good relationship with his uncle, and a touching picture of Czech family life just at the advent of World War II emerges. Since Emil and Ernst are both Jewish, they are eventually carted away by the Nazis.
Marianne Sägebrecht
as Martha
Michel Piccoli
as Ernst
Klaus Grünberg
as Berthold
Michael Kausch
as Werner
Václav Chalupa
as Emil
Ondřej Vetchý
as Emil (older)
Božidara Turzonovová
as
Vladimír Brabec
as
Božidara Turzonovová
as Roza
Vladimír Brabec
as Kluge
Jiří Menzel
as
Jiří Menzel
as Doctor Benda
