Advent

Plot Summary

A ballad story from the life of the inhabitants of the Moravian Beskydy Mountains. The heroine is a young woman, Františka Plesníková. Františka's lover was killed by a falling tree before he could marry her, and the girl faced the bitter fate of a "roll" of illegitimate mother. Františka fought with all her might for a better life for her son Metúdek. For his sake, she eventually married an old widower farmer, Podešva. However, she soon realized that her marriage had not benefited either herself or her child.

Top Cast

Gustav Hilmar Jura Podesva - farmer

Nina Jiránková Frantiska Plesníková

Marie Vášová Rozína

Vojtěch Rosenberg Metúdek

Otto Lackovič Jan