The Cow

Overview

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.

Directed by Karel Kachyňa

Top cast

Radek Holub

Adam

Alena Mihulová

Róza

Valérie Zawadská

Adam's mother

V

Viktorie Knotková

Neighbor

Antonín Molčík

Butcher

Zdeněk Dušek

Vejsada

František Peterka

Policeman

Vlastimil Zavřel

Bull's owner

Václav Helšus

Gamekeeper

Z

Zdeněk Kozák

Neighbor

Alice Šnirychová-Dvořáková

Anežka

Roman Slovák

Fireman

B

Bohumír Starý

kaplan

E

Eva Jiroušková

řezníkova matka

Milena Šajdková

J

Jindřich Khain

Miroslav Vrba

J

Josef Škoda

I

Iveta Hásková

Z

Zora Bartoňová

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