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Conscience 1948 Directed by Jiří Krejčík Svědomí

Karel Doležal, insurance clerk and exemplary father of a family, leaves for a business trip with his secretary Vlasta. After spending the night together, they both return home. However, thanks to a small moment of inattention, they run over the boys. Karel runs away from the scene of the crime. He won't tell anyone what happened. Then when he reads in the newspaper that the boy did not survive the accident, he begins to feel guilty. He confides in his wife about the accident, not the infidelity. Their son Jirka overhears everything. His father has always been his role model, and that's why he doesn't want to accept his guilt.

Production Country Czechoslovakia
Language Czech
Spoken Language Czech
Gnere Drama
Production Company Československý státní film
Release Date 25 March 1948
101 mins
Cast
Miloš Nedbal Karel Doležal
Marie Vášová Zdena, Doležal's wife
Jan Prokeš Jirka Doležal
Bohuš Záhorský commissar Rudolf Mautner
Eduard Dubský Verbl, insurance officer
František Kovářík director schools
František Šlégr director of the insurance company
Oldřich Hoblík factory owner Hajek
Michaela Lišková Alenka, daughter of the Doležals
Jindřich Fairaizl insurance agent Tonda Mejzr
Bohumil Vild insurance agent Vašek Pažout
Ivan Jandl Lojzek
Oldřich Macháček Jaroslav Klimša, accident victim
Josef Steigl card player
Antonín Holzinger porter in the hotel
Jarmila Kurandová woman in the crowd
Václav Kyzlink man in the crowd
Gustav Schönbach man in the insurance company