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France, mid-19th century. Church bells ring out in alarm; a monastery is on fire. In the ensuing chaos, a passing rider catches sight of a girl in a first-floor window. The fire has cut off her escape route, so without hesitation she jumps into his outstretched arms. She does not even know the face of her savior. However, he takes her locket with him. Two years later. Two stepbrothers live at Mornay Castle. The heir to the title and estate, the aristocratically refined Raoul, and Philip, a rude, unsociable man with a bad reputation. It is here, to the castle ball, that Mrs. Collier brings her daughter Charlotte, a shy and inexperienced convent girl...Read moreLess
France, mid-19th century. Church bells ring out in alarm; a monastery is on fire. In the ensuing chaos, a passing rider catches sight of a girl in a first-floor window. The fire has cut off her escape route, so without hesitation she jumps into his outstretched arms. She does not even know the face of her savior. However, he takes her locket with him. Two years later. Two stepbrothers live at Mornay Castle. The heir to the title and estate, the aristocratically refined Raoul, and Philip, a rude, unsociable man with a bad reputation. It is here, to the castle ball, that Mrs. Collier brings her daughter Charlotte, a shy and inexperienced convent girl...
The story
France, mid-19th century. Church bells ring out in alarm; a monastery is on fire. In the ensuing chaos, a passing rider catches sight of a girl in a first-floor window. The fire has cut off her escape route, so without hesitation she jumps into his outstretched arms. She does not even know the face of her savior. However, he takes her locket with him. Two years later. Two stepbrothers live at Mornay Castle. The heir to the title and estate, the aristocratically refined Raoul, and Philip, a rude, unsociable man with a bad reputation. It is here, to the castle ball, that Mrs. Collier brings her daughter Charlotte, a shy and inexperienced convent girl...
Cast & crew
Michaela KuklováCharlotte Collierová
Filip BlažekRaoul de Mornay
Jiří PomejeFilip de Mornay
Josef VinklářJudge Pinaud
Otakar BrousekPublic prosecutor
Květa FialováDirectress
Stanislav FišerDr. Galetti
Gabriela HyrmanováRed-haired Marie
Jitka JežkováNurse Fauberga
Miriam KantorkováMidwife
Naďa KonvalinkováLady-companion
Jiří KrampolMajordomoExplore the crew
- Director
- Zdeněk Troška
- Screenplay
- Zdeněk Troška
- Screenplay
- Hana Marie Körnerová
- Director of Photography
- Jaroslav Brabec
- Producer
- Jiří Pomeje
- Original Music Composer
- Petr Malásek