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Released
1967 · FILM

Return of the Prodigal Son

Directed by
Runtime
98 min
Language
CS
Drama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussions both with the patient and with people who know him, tries to find out what made the young and seemingly satisfied man decide to end his own life. Jan's pretty wife Jana (Jana Brejchová) claims not to know about anything but she is conducting an affair with a family friend, almost publicly and with the blessing of her parents.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jirina LukesovaShot by Frantisek UldrichScored by Jan KlusakDesigned by Karel Koci

Also known as

  • Die Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnesde
  • The Return of the Prodigal Sonen
  • Le Retour du fils prodiguefr

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