
Smoke on the Potato Fields
In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.
Smoke on the Potato Fields
April 15, 1977
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Cast (21)

Rudolf Hrušínský
Dr. Meluzin

Věra Galatíková
učitelka Pavla Kodetová

Alois Švehlík
Kodet

Jana Dítětová
Šimonová

Marie Logojdová
Markéta

Nina Popelíková
Markétina matka

Josef Somr
Vlach

Jaroslava Obermaierová
Vlachová

Václav Lohniský
hrobník Jaroš

Jan Faltýnek
Karel

Vítězslav Jandák
Ota

Věra Tichánková
Pùlpánová

Václav Trégl
Hybs

Jaroslava Tichá
Ema Meluzinová

Claudi Niubò
N/A

Eduard Pavlíček
N/A

Daniel Novák
N/A

Tomáš Novák
N/A

Josef Střecha
N/A

Milena Štampová
N/A
Crew (34)
Directing
Writing

Bohumil Říha
Novel

Václav Nývlt
Screenplay

Vladimír Kalina
Creative Producer

František Vláčil
Screenplay
Production

Jaroslav Bouček
Assistant Production Manager

Jiří Radil
Unit Production Manager

Ladislav Novotný
Production Manager

Ctibor Novotný
Unit Production Manager
Sound
Art

Bohumil Nový
Assistant Production Design

Jan Oliva
Production Design

Petr Hanousek
Set Decoration

Antonín Chloupek
Set Decoration

Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Camera

Vladimír Smutný
Camera Operator

Jiří Pechar
Assistant Camera

František Uldrich
Director of Photography

Hana Hebrová
Clapper Loader

Jaromír Komárek
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up

Nita Romanečová
Costumer

František Zapletal
Costumer

Vlasta Ulbertová
Makeup & Hair

Jaroslav Hruška
Makeup & Hair

František Čížek
Makeup & Hair
Crew

Oldřich Železný
Dramaturgy

Jana Goetzová
Script