''Já, truchlivý bůh'' (''I, Mournful God'') is a 1969 black-and-white Czech comedy film directed by

Antonín Kachlík Antonín Kachlík (26 February 1923 – 20 April 2022) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films between 1948 and 1987. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. Early life and ed ...

. Based on stories from

Milan Kundera Milan Kundera (, ; born 1 April 1929) is a Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, then conferred again in 2019. He "sees himself ...

's book '' Laughable Loves'', it stars Miloš Kopecký as Adolf, who relates a tale of spurned love to his friend Apostol (

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). Adolf has his friend to pose as an opera conductor to seduce the young woman (Hana Lelitová), as she loves opera, and then spurn her.

Cast

* Miloš Kopecký - Adolf * Hana Lelitová - Janicka Malátová *

- Apostol Certikidis * Jiřina Jirásková - Mrs. Stenclová * Ivana Mixová - Cantatrice * Kvetoslava Houdlová - Oculist *

Pavla Marsálková Pavla is the Czech form of the given name Paula. Pavla may refer to: * Pavla Brantalova (born 1977), female bodybuilder born in the Czech Republic *Pavla Chrástová (born 1979), retired female medley swimmer from the Czech Republic *Pavla Hamá� ...

- Mrs. Malátová - mother * Zdenek Kryzánek - Mr. Malát - father *

Jiří Přichystal Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B *Jiří Antonín Benda *Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta *Jiří Bartoška * Jiří Bicek * Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla *Jiří ...

- Singer * Ilona Jirotková - Girlfriend * Daniela Pokorná - Girlfriend * Boleslava Svobodová - Ruzena *

Milivoj Uzelac Milivoj Uzelac (1897–1977) was a painter influential in the Zagreb modern art scene of the 1920s and 30s. During the Zagreb Spring Salon of the 1920s, he participated with Vilko Gecan, Marijan Trepše and Vladimir Varlaj as the Group of Four. ...

- Conductor *

Helena Bendová Helena may refer to: People *Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer *Helena, mother of Constantine I Places Greece * Helena (island) Guyana * ...

- Housekeeper *

Vladimír Klemens Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

- Music-master

External links

* 1969 films 1969 comedy films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czech comedy films 1960s Czech-language films 1960s Czech films Films based on works by Milan Kundera {{1960s-comedy-film-stub