

In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint. The first follows Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosáková, who contemplates retirement as she undergoes a gruelling training schedule; the second, a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband.
Directed by Bohumil Šmída, Věra Chytilová
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Released
December 20, 1963
1h 25m
Czech
Věra Uzelacová
Věra

Josef Langmiler
Josef

Jiří Kodet
Jirka
Milivoj Uzelac
Milda
Jaroslava Matlochová
Trainer
Luboš Ogoun
Trainer
Vladimír Bosák
Eva's Husband
Eva Bosáková
Eva
Dagmar Cejnková
Dada
Jiří Cejnek
Dada's Husband
Oldřich Červinka
Journalist
Rudolf Kyznar
Pianist (uncredited)
Věra Čáslavská
Gymnast (uncredited)

František Filipovský
František Filipovský (uncredited)
Antonín Bahenský
Cameraman (uncredited)
Helena Štvánová
Saleswoman (uncredited)