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Conscience

Conscience

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 25, 1948

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama

User Score

75%

Original Title

Svědomí

Production Companies

Československý státní film

Director

Jiří Krejčík

Description

Karel Doležal, insurance clerk and exemplary father of a family, leaves for a business trip with his secretary Vlasta. After spending the night together, they both return home. However, thanks to a small moment of inattention, they run over the boys. Karel runs away from the scene of the crime. He won't tell anyone what happened. Then when he reads in the newspaper that the boy did not survive the accident, he begins to feel guilty. He confides in his wife about the accident, not the infidelity. Their son Jirka overhears everything. His father has always been his role model, and that's why he doesn't want to accept his guilt.