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Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a little Ruthenian schtetl which, in true Hassidic fashion, awaits the arrival of the Messiah. But Hanele decides to follow the Zionists instead. She moves to the city to prepare for her departure to the Promised Land, where she meets a successful businessman named Ivo Karadzic, who has renounced Judaism to become a free-thinker. Their love for each other doesn’t only drive Hanele’s parents to distraction, it also threatens to destroy the entire community in the schetl.
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Lada Jelínková
Hanele Šafarová
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Miroslav Noga
Ivo Karadžič
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Jiří Ornest
Dad
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Táňa Fischerová
Mom
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Milan Lasica
Grandpa Šafar
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Hanuš Bor
Pinches Jakubovič
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Václav Chalupa
Šlojme Kac
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Stanislav Zindulka
Jid Fajnerman
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Jan Kraus
Salamon Fux
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Eva Holubová
Ester Fuxová
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Radim Kalvoda
Benci Fux
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Jindřich Khain
Herše Fux
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Peter Šimun
Leib Abramovič
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Rudolf Máhrla
Old Kac
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Steva Maršálek
Mojše Kahan
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Hana Franková
Ivo's Mother
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Jiří Pomeje
Lieutenant
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Daniel Margolius
Student
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Luděk Munzar
Narrator (voice)
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Lucie Žáčková
