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Sestra Angelika Synopsis

Karla, a bar dancer, shoots her lover Mayer during a break-up. She hides from the police in pianist Pavel Ryant's apartment and promises to return when she leaves. The next day, however, Karla is arrested and convicted. In the penitentiary she meets the warden, Angelika, a nun who is very much like her. She begs Angelika to lend her clothes for a few days and leaves the prison as a nun.

Chudá holka Synopsis

The illegitimate child, Marie Ruzová, grows up in the family of the miller Borický. She spends her childhood and youth with Borický's son, Klement. Klement studies law, becomes a lawyer and is to marry Jirinka. Her mother, however, fears Klement's relationship with Marie and threatens the Borickýs that she will not give her Jirinka to Klement as a wife. In order not to cause further contradictions, Marie secretly leaves for Prague at night. There she earns a hard living as a waitress.