The Cow
Directed by Karel Kachyňa
Plot
Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine. Rosa, a beautiful young maid, fleeing the sexual exploitation of a wealthy butcher, climbs up to join them on their remote farm and dares to become part of Adam's world. A cycle of life begins again, in a remote turn-of-the-century village tied to the land and its animals.
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Cast
Radek Holub
Adam
Alena Mihulová
Róza
Valérie Zawadská
Adam's mother
Viktorie Knotková
Neighbor
Antonín Molčík
Butcher
Zdeněk Dušek
Vejsada
František Peterka
Policeman
Vlastimil Zavřel
Bull's owner
Václav Helšus
Gamekeeper
Zdeněk Kozák
Neighbor
Alice Šnirychová-Dvořáková
Anežka
Roman Slovák
Fireman
Bohumír Starý
kaplan
Eva Jiroušková
řezníkova matka
Milena Šajdková