Daayra
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Something Different
In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint. The first follows Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosáková, who contemplates retirement as she undergoes a gruelling training schedule; the second, a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband.
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Věra Uzelacová Věra
Josef Langmiler Josef
Jiří Kodet Jirka
Milivoj Uzelac Milda
Jaroslava Matlochová Trainer
Vladimír Bosák Eva's Husband
Eva Bosáková Eva
Dagmar Cejnková Dada
Jiří Cejnek Dada's Husband
Oldřich Červinka Journalist
Rudolf Kyznar Pianist (uncredited)
Věra Čáslavská Gymnast (uncredited)
František Filipovský František Filipovský (uncredited)
Antonín Bahenský Cameraman (uncredited)
Helena Štvánová Saleswoman (uncredited)
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