How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988)

Plot Summary

While Kendy returns to his hometown as an assistant director to film a thirteen-part series with a television crew, Štěpán Šafránek, equipped with his mother's advice after graduation, takes up his first position - as an intern at the local hospital. However, his inadaptability to local conditions and his sense of ethics in his chosen profession do not suit his other established colleagues. While they are amused by his zeal and responsibility, Štěpán has increasing problems with his superiors, until he is finally transferred to the position of rural district doctor, which everyone rejects. In Bezdíkov, however, he meets a new, perhaps permanent and reciprocated love, with whom he eventually decides to live and work in northern Bohemia.

Full Cast & Characters

Pavel Kříž

Štěpán Šafránek

David Matásek

Kendy

Eva Vejmělková

Alena Hubáčková (Píšťalka)

Jana Hlaváčová

Tonička

Rudolf Hrušínský

Hubáček

Blažena Holišová

Hubáčková

Karel Roden

Jan Antoš

Václav Svoboda

Václav Pastyřík

Joseph Dielle

Numira Cassa Thombe (Mireček)

Eva Jeníčková

Vendulka (Utěšitelka)

Pavel Zedníček

Písařík

Josef Somr

Libor Ječmen

Director & Crew

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