
Někdo schází u stolu
1990-08-19 · 95 min · Not rated
A young widow with two children, a member of the spa orchestra, with the help of the devoted friends and the understanding of her children, she manages, quite well, with her demanding "double". The problems arise when he succeeds in a prestigious audition for the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and then he will go on a long foreign tour.
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- Directors
- Pavlína Moskalyková
- Production companies
- Československá televize Praha, Československá televize Brno
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Pavel ZedníčekFrantišek
Simona StašováHelena
Petra VančíkováViktorie
Ladislav PotměšilVomáčka
Petr KostkaDr. Hájek
Carmen MayerováHájková
Alena KreuzmannováGrandma
Lucie ZedníčkováDáša
Dana BartůňkováVlasta
Oldřich Vlach
Vlastimil Zavřel
Hana Čížková
Ivana Chýlková
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