Tenants of the house Na Smyčce, next to the tram terminal, are living their everyday lives. The student Olina is becoming close with Martinec, who recently started subletting at the Kovandas, a childless married couple. An old lady, Mrs Malá, is looking after little Hanička after her daughter's death, for the girl's father is a drunk, incapable of looking after the child. Maruna, whose husband is in prison, is reserved and not very friendly. Olina is happy with Martinec until she becomes pregnant. Then it becomes clear that Martinec is a superficial man, trying to persuade Olina that she should have an abortion. But she comes to her senses at the last moment and decides to become a single mother. Martinec moves out. Mrs Malá dies suddenly. The Kovanda couple gladly takes Hanička to live with them. They have to let her stay with her father Pešta for a short while. But after he loses her Hanička comes back to the Kovandas. On New Year's Eve, tenants are wishing each others all the best. Olina spends the evening with the deserted Maruna. Around midnight, Pešta brings Hanička a doll he promised her long ago. But the stop has been moved, and Pešta has to take a tram back. Through the frosty window of the tram he looks at the house Na Smyčce in which people live in joy and in sorrow.
Voice by Alena Kreuzmannová
studentka Olina
magistr farmacie Karel Martinec
pekař Pešta, opilec
Hanička, Peštova dcera
Kovandová, Martincova domácí
František Kovanda, Martincův domácí
ošetřovatelka Maruna
Voice by Olga Scheinpflugová
domovnice Malá, Haniččina babička
sazeč Brzobohatý
Voice by Jiřina Petrovická
Zuzana, sestra Oliny
mlékařka
letec, Marunin nápadník
Kroupová
staršina SNB
babička
poručík SNB
matka ztraceného chlapce Ferdíka
hudebník, klarinetista
hudebník, trumpetista
hudebník, kytarista
hudebník, basista
hudebník, hráč na bicí
hlas lektora
hlas tramvajového dělníka
Milan R. Novotný, Josef Barták (střih zvuku), Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Jan Blažík
Josef Vebr (vrchní osvětlovač), Jiří Širc (fotograf), Jindřich Panáček (fotograf)
Jacques Offenbach (Orfeus v podsvětí)
FISYO (Music Conducted by František Belfín), Orchestr Karla Krautgartnera (Music Conducted by Karel Krautgartner), Jiří Ropek /varhany/
Song Composer Karel Krautgartner
Tam na konečné
Tam na konečné
House at the Terminus
Tichá ulice / Blízko u nebe / Smyčka
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama, psychological
Czechoslovakia
1957
1957
projection approval 20 November 1957
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1971
preview 13 December 1957 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 20 December 1957 /unsuitable for youths/ (kina Moskva /4 týdny/, Svornost /1 týden/ a Flora /1 týden od 27. 12./, Praha)
Tvůrčí skupina Feix – Daniel, František Daniel (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Karel Feix (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
feature film
98 min
2 783 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech