Jiří Vilímek: The Roots of Evil

Otakar Brousek, Vlastimil Brodský, Jiřina Jirásková and others in a story about a successful playwright who is looking for a subject for a new play and at the same time finds himself again. The protagonist of this monologue drama is a successful and conformist playwright, who vainly reflects on what his next play should be about. In his memory, all that was left of it was a promising title - The Roots of Evil. Persons and cast: author (Otakar Brousek), dramaturg (Vlastimil Brodsky), woman (Jiřina Jirásková), classmate (Ferdinand Kruta), First Love (Viola Zink), actress (Slávka Budínová), uncle (Vladimir Hlavatý), poet (Zdeněk Štěpánek), Mother (Svetla Amorta), SNB (Milos Rozhon). Directed by: Josef Henke. Notice: Older archive image occasional poorer quality footage.