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Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé František do not satisfy her wild imagination. Žofka suddenly gains popularity when, while on her way to get an autograph, she discovers the dead body of the famous tenor Helbich and is arrested on suspicion of murder. Helbich actually committed suicide because he lost his voice. After being released from prison, Žofka receives an offer for the lead role in a forthcoming film. The dubious fame confuses her. She leaves her parents' modest apartment and quits her hairdressing business. Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that she has no talent for acting, and the desperate director has the film edited in such a way that Žofka practically disappears from it...Read moreLess
Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé František do not satisfy her wild imagination. Žofka suddenly gains popularity when, while on her way to get an autograph, she discovers the dead body of the famous tenor Helbich and is arrested on suspicion of murder. Helbich actually committed suicide because he lost his voice. After being released from prison, Žofka receives an offer for the lead role in a forthcoming film. The dubious fame confuses her. She leaves her parents' modest apartment and quits her hairdressing business. Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that she has no talent for acting, and the desperate director has the film edited in such a way that Žofka practically disappears from it...
The story
Hairdresser Žofka Stárková desires fame perhaps more than other girls. The petty plans of her fiancé František do not satisfy her wild imagination. Žofka suddenly gains popularity when, while on her way to get an autograph, she discovers the dead body of the famous tenor Helbich and is arrested on suspicion of murder. Helbich actually committed suicide because he lost his voice. After being released from prison, Žofka receives an offer for the lead role in a forthcoming film. The dubious fame confuses her. She leaves her parents' modest apartment and quits her hairdressing business. Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that she has no talent for acting, and the desperate director has the film edited in such a way that Žofka practically disappears from it...
Cast & crew
Jaroslav MarvanOtakar Stárek
Zdeňka BaldováStárková
Nataša GollováŽofka
Jaromír SpalFrantišek Bureš
Otto RubíkŠtěpán Helbich
Adina MandlováDíďa Kánská-Valentová
Eduard KohoutRichard
František VnoučekJarda Malina
Vítězslav VejražkaJUDr. Vavřina
Milada SmolíkováCast
Meda ValentováKotýzováExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- J. A. Holman
- Director
- J. A. Holman
- Screenplay
- Josef Trojan
- Director of Photography
- Václav Hanuš
- Original Music Composer
- František Svojík
- Editor
- Zdeněk Gina Hašler
- Director of Photography
- Jan Roth
- Original Music Composer
- Jiří Srnka