2 reviews
Fantasy
1h 27m
1948
People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and...

People are afraid of the usurer Chazaj and are convinced that he is the bearer of evil. One day Chazaj pays a visit to the poor artist Simon Jordán and asks him to paint his portrait. Simon agrees but as he progresses with the work his mind conjures up terrible thoughts and in the end he commits suicide. The portrait looks lifelike and Chazaj is content with the results. After Chazaj's death the picture changes hands and brings misfortune to all who own it. The last victim is the young painter Roman who buys Chazaj's portrait in a bazaar. He finds a treasure in the frame and begins to live well off it. The comfortable life suits him so well that he rejects his original artistic aims and becomes a painter of fashionable kitsch.
- DirectorJiří Slavíček
- Release9 January 1948
- GenreFantasy
- Duration1h 27m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate2 reviews
- Productions
Československá filmová společnost
Cast

Otomar Krejča
Simon Jordán / Stepán Jordán

Luba Skořepová
Martina Jordánová

Vladimír Šmeral
Painter Roman

Karel Dostal
Extortioner Chazaj

Rudolf Deyl
Jáchym

Felix le Breux
Marcel Bernard

Růžena Šlemrová
Mrs. Viktorová

Emil Bolek
Bussinesman Viktor

Vladimír Hlavatý

Marie Nademlejnská

Jan S. Kolár

Marta Májová

Milada Smolíková

Bohumil Švarc

Jan W. Speerger

Zora Božinová

Ludmila Burešová
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