Directed by:
Martin FričCinematography:
Jaroslav TuzarComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Zdeněk Štěpánek, František Smolík, Vladimír Ráž, Jaroslav Mareš, Vladimír Menšík, Jiří Sovák, Antonie Hegerlíková, Irena Kačírková, Běla Jurdová (more)Plots(1)
Today For the Last Time belongs without a doubt to the top of the post-war directorial work of the experienced Martin Frič. The central theme of this troubling psychological drama is the devastating influence of alcohol on individuals and their social ties. The story focuses on several regular visitors of the pub U Kroců, who continue to lie both to the others and to themselves that they can control their drinking. However, the reality shows each one of them that it is the other way round. In an extraordinary cast, particularly Zdeněk Štěpánek excels in the role of engineer Danda, whose alcohol addiction gradually disintegrates both his career and his family life. The film benefited from a relaxed political atmosphere after 1956, allowing Czechoslovak filmmakers to take a critical stand on some aspects of life in socialism. (Noir Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
František Smolík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Vladimír Ráž
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Jaroslav Mareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Vladimír Menšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Jiří Sovák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Kolya (1996)
Antonie Hegerlíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Gazdina roba (1992) (theatrical recording)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Irena Kačírková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Conscience (1948)
Běla Jurdová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Eva Očenášová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Awakening (1959)
At the Terminus (1957)
Václav Tomšovský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Jahrgang 21 (1957)
Drsná Planina (1979)
Luděk Munzar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Give the Devil His Due (1984) - narrator
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Václav Lohniský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
Jarmil Škrdlant
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Past (1950)
An Easy Life (1957)
Karel Peyr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Zbyněk Vostřák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Bedřich Bozděch
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Roztomilý člověk (1941)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)
Oldřich Dědek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Today for the Last Time (1958)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)