Jiri Weiss directs this 1960s drama centred on an affair between an unhappy woman and a married man. Alena (Anne Heywood) is an off-licence manageress in communist Prague who knows her married lover, Vorell (James Booth), is not worth her time, but stays with him for the excitement of their physical relationship. Her mistreatment at the hands of Vorell, along with her misery at being an accomplice to his scams, leads to inevitable tragedy.
- Region Code:
- Region A,B,C
- Duration:
- 90 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Czech, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:2.39, Mono, Booklet, Commentary: Michael Brooke (film historian), Documentaries: 'Degrees of Separation', 'The Rape of Czechoslovakia', 'The Other RAF', '100,000,000 Women', 'Before the Raid', Image Gallery, Interviews: Jiri Weiss (director), Czech version of the film