Summary
In 1974, director Petr Schulhoff added to his already considerable list of crime films with Osud jménem Kamila (Fate Named Kamila). This drama, inspired by real-life events, tells the story of the theft of precious stamps from a postal museum. Things spiral out of control for the crooks involved. Taxi driver Tomáš Gross and his younger brother, bricklayer Pavel, also involve their youngest sibling, 16-year-old Ondra, in the heist. But thanks to the inexperience of the perpetrators, Tomáš’s plan to emigrate to Switzerland in order to be with lovely waitress Kamila begins to seriously unravel. Jiří Klem, Jaroslav Drbohlav and Vladimír Dlouhý play the three Gross brothers. The aforementioned Kamila remains unseen; she is merely a representation of Tomáš’s longing for freedom in Switzerland. However, Tomáš’s lover Eva is portrayed by Renáta Doleželová.
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