A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.
Markéta Hrubešová
as Kateřina
Galina Vishnevskaya
as Kateřina (singing voice)
Michal Dlouhý
as Sergei
Nicolai Gedda
as Sergei (singing voice)
Petr Haničinec
as Boris
Dimiter Petkov
as Boris (singing voice)
Václav Neckář
as Sinowi
Werner Krenn
as Sinowi (singing voice)
Eva Šlosárová
as Axinija
Taru Valjakka
as Axinija (singing voice)
Stanislav Zindulka
as Schäbiger Mann
Robert Tear
as Schäbiger Mann (singing voice)
