Directed by:
Eduard GrečnerScreenplay:
Eduard GrečnerCinematography:
Vincent RosinecComposer:
Ilja ZeljenkaCast:
Radovan Lukavský, Gustáv Valach, Emília Vášáryová, Viliam Polónyi, Jozef Čierny, Mikuláš Ladižinský, Ján Mildner, Andrej Mojžiš, Milan Mach, Ľudovít Reiter (more)Plots(1)
A ballad of love, hatred and desire to escape from loneliness. A dramatic story of a reclusive potter, Martin Lepiš, who is blamed by the village people for acts he had never committed. After some years he returns but never finds his place among the villagers neither gains their trust, not even after he saves their properties from fire. (Slovenský filmový ústav)
(more)Cast
![Radovan Lukavský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268632_0d32e7.jpg)
Radovan Lukavský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Gustáv Valach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270825_d80898.jpg)
Gustáv Valach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
![Emília Vášáryová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/849/164849929_e0bd94.jpg)
Emília Vášáryová
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
![Viliam Polónyi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386679_239553.jpg)
Viliam Polónyi
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
![Jozef Čierny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/559/158559788_42ea90.jpg)
Jozef Čierny
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Mikuláš Ladižinský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
![Ján Mildner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188073_3daccb.jpg)
Ján Mildner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Vianoce Adama Boronču (1988) (TV movie)
![Andrej Mojžiš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901499_6d20b1.jpg)
Andrej Mojžiš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Demeterovci (1976) (TV movie)
Louis Pasteur (1977) (TV movie)
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
![Milan Mach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/361/160361317_7f3c89.jpg)
Milan Mach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Ľudovít Reiter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/462/162462258_52dcf4.jpg)
Ľudovít Reiter
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)
Nepokojná láska (1975) (series)
Jela Bučková
Slovak state
Best movies:
Višňový sad (1978) (TV movie)
Chlap prezývaný Brumteles (1982) (TV movie)
Rozruch na onkológii (1991) (TV movie)
Pavol Chrobák
Best movies:
The Sun in a Net (1962)
Neprebudený (1965) (TV movie)
Dragon's Return (1967)
Ján Pelech
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Dragon's Return (1967)
Človek na moste (1972)
František Török
Best movies:
The Bells Toll for the Barefooted (1965)
Maroško (1968) (TV movie)
Trois Filles (1967)