The Way of the Cross

The Way of the Cross (1938) is a drama film directed by Jiří Slavíček rated 8.5/10.

In a small village in the Chodsko region, people live with daily worries about making a living. Many are dependent on work on the estate. Only the priest Jiří is able to stand up against the undignified conditions here, but he receives no gratitude, because the steward turns the villagers against him. Staněk, an engineer whose son Ondřej is studying at a grammar school, also works on the estate. The boy would like to continue studying law in Prague and is very surprised by his mother's wish for him to become a priest. His mother relies on the priest to talk Ondřej out of it. However, Jiří was once in the same situation, so he knows how difficult it is to perform well a mission that one has not chosen for oneself...

Cast

Hana Vítová

Hanči Vachudová

František Kreuzmann

Vachuda

Zdeněk Štěpánek

Jiří

Jaroslav Průcha

Staněk

Hermína Vojtová

Staňková

Vladimír Šmeral

Ondřej

Jaroslav Marvan

Eman Fiala

Matěj Palma

Jiří Steimar

Ella Nollová

Karel Kolár

Marie Ptáková