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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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Otomar Krejča
Simon Jordán / Stepán Jordán
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Luba Skořepová
Martina Jordánová
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Vladimír Šmeral
Painter Roman
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Ladislav Kulhánek
Professor Mikulás
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Karel Dostal
Extortioner Chazaj
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Rudolf Deyl
Jáchym
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Felix le Breux
Marcel Bernard
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Růžena Šlemrová
Mrs. Viktorová
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Ludmila Píchová
Líza Viktorová
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Emil Bolek
Bussinesman Viktor
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František Holar
Mr. Zemblovský
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Viktor Očásek
Merchant Image
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Bohumil Machník
Homegrown
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Vladimír Hlavatý
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Jiří Těšík
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Rudolf Hrušínský
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Marie Nademlejnská
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Břetislav Hrstka
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Robert Morávek
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Jan S. Kolár
