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The Halftime of Happiness (1985)

Fifty-year-old Ondřej Bozděch delivers coal around Prague's Žižkov district and he loves it more than anything. He has spent his whole life here and knows all the cellars. He lives his ordinary life among the Žižkov tenement houses, enjoying the joys and sorrows of his teenage daughter Markéta and his restless son Ondra. His best friend is his driver Karel, a former mathematician who once had to leave his job at a research institute for political reasons. Although Karel is an engineer and a completely different person than the straightforward Ondrej, he has become almost a member of the Bozděch family over time. But times are changing. The old houses of Žižkov disappear one by one, Markéta has to get married and Karel is offered to return to his original profession. Ondřej has to stop and think about what kind of life he is living...

Release: 1985-02-01
Runtime: 89 min
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
Josef Vinklář
Josef Vinklář
Ondřej Bozděch
Jiří Adamíra
Jiří Adamíra
Karel
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Slávka Španková
Bozděchová
Hana Maciuchová
Hana Maciuchová
Monika
Zora Jandová
Zora Jandová
Markéta
Milan Šimáček
Milan Šimáček
Ondra
Jiří Schwarz
Jiří Schwarz
Honza
Miroslav Paleček
Miroslav Paleček
Lochman
Dana Syslová
Dana Syslová
Lída
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Viola Zinková
Jana
Zdeněk Dítě
Zdeněk Dítě
Vrchní
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Viktor Maurer
Nápadník
Ladislav Potměšil
Ladislav Potměšil
Matousek
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Zdeněk Hodr
Inženýr
Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský
Mirek
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Ferdinand Krůta
Benda
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Adolf Filip
Hámos
Jiří Růžička
Jiří Růžička
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