Mar 08, 2007
103 min
Full-HD

Empties (2007)

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

Category

Comedy

Country

Czech Republic

Companies

Portobello Pictures Phoenix Film Investments

Zdeněk Svěrák

Josef Tkaloun

Daniela Kolářová

Eliška Tkalounová

Tatiana Dyková

Helenka

Jiří Macháček

Robert Landa

Pavel Landovský

Řezáč

Jan Budař

Úlisný

Nela Boudová

Ptáčková

Ondřej Vetchý

Řezáč mladší

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