Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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.
Cast: Otomar Krejča, Luba Skořepová, Vladimír Šmeral, Ladislav Kulhánek, Karel Dostal, Rudolf Deyl, Felix le Breux, Růžena Šlemrová, Ludmila Píchová, Emil Bolek, František Holar, Viktor Očásek, Bohumil Machník, Vladimír Hlavatý, Jiří Těšík, Rudolf Hrušínský, Marie Nademlejnská, Břetislav Hrstka, Robert Morávek, Karel Hynek
Writer: František Vlček (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Jan Roth
Production Designer: Jan Zázvorka
Editor: Jan Kohout
Sound Designer: Miloslav Hůrka
Composer: Dalibor C. Vačkář
Costume Designer: Josef Liesler
Producers: Martin Frič, Zdeněk Reimann
Production: Československá filmová společnost
