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The Cow

6.219961h 26mMovieDrama

Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine.…

DirectorKarel Kachyňa
WritersKarel Kachyňa·Karel Čabrádek
ProducerKarel Škorpík

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Cast · Directed by Karel Kachyňa

RHRadek Holub
Radek Holub
Adam
AMAlena Mihulová
Alena Mihulová
Róza
VZValérie Zawadská
Valérie Zawadská
Adam's mother
VK
Viktorie Knotková
Neighbor
AMAntonín Molčík
Antonín Molčík
Butcher
ZDZdeněk Dušek
Zdeněk Dušek
Vejsada
FPFrantišek Peterka
František Peterka
Policeman
VZVlastimil Zavřel
Vlastimil Zavřel
Bull's owner
VHVáclav Helšus
Václav Helšus
Gamekeeper
ZK
Zdeněk Kozák
Neighbor
AŠAlice Šnirychová-Dvořáková
Alice Šnirychová-Dvořáková
Anežka
RSRoman Slovák
Roman Slovák
Fireman

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