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.

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Cast

Marianne Sägebrecht

Martha

Michel Piccoli

Ernst

Klaus Grünberg

Berthold

Michael Kausch

Werner

Václav Chalupa

Emil

Ondřej Vetchý

Emil (older)

Božidara Turzonovová

Soňa Valentová

Elsa Fuchs

Jana Altmannová

Zuzana Kocúriková

Ilona

Jiří Menzel

Doctor Benda

Vladimír Brabec

Kluge