The suffocating conditions in a bourgeois family were depicted in several films in the second half of the 1950s - this one is one of the lesser known, although it achieves great emotional impact, free from the first ideological pressures. The title character, the owner of the tenement house Mrs. Dulská, controls her relatives and tenants with a firm and despotic hand. To achieve her goals, she masterfully combines tears, blackmail and insidious intrigues, or does not hesitate to abuse the trusting and handsome maid Hanka when she wants her son not to fool around. Everything suddenly turns around when Hank gets pregnant... But the appearance of a good reputation is more important to her than anything.

After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the...

Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air Fran...

Becoming a wife of a minister, Zivka changes her former way of life and becomes a lady. However, her...

Lord Cyril Wimborne, a barrister, divorces his wife, Myra, and takes custody of their child, Kenyon,...

In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and...

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels ...

Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge b...

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of ...

The Russian nobleman Fyodor Vasilievich Protasov cannot put up with the hypocrisy of his environment...

A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.

Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The ec...

The playwright's most famous dramatic study of jealousy and its tragic effects are conveyed vividly ...

Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight ...

A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddi...

Adalbert "Mussu" Koikkalainen inherits 9,000 marks from his uncle. To buy a milk shop, Koikkalainen ...