Martha and I
Status:
Released
Production:
Canal+
Aired:
1990-09-01
Martha and I
Emil (Vaclav Chalupa as a teen, Ondrej Vetchy as an adult) has been naughty, and his family is at a loss about what to do with him. He's been dallying with the family maid. They decide to ship him off to spend time with his uncle Ernst Michel Piccoli), who married his family maid. The boy has a good relationship with his uncle, and a touching picture of Czech family life just at the advent of World War II emerges. Since Emil and Ernst are both Jewish, they are eventually carted away by the Nazis.
Drama
Characters

Marianne Sägebrecht
Martha

Michel Piccoli
Ernst

Klaus Grünberg
Berthold

Michael Kausch
Werner

Václav Chalupa
Emil

Ondřej Vetchý
Emil (older)

Božidara Turzonovová

Vladimír Brabec

Božidara Turzonovová
Roza

Vladimír Brabec
Kluge

Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel
Doctor Benda

Jitka Asterová
Sister

Michael Kocáb
Hruby

Jiří Strach