Ludvik (played by Radoslav Brzobohatý) is a protagonist in The Ear.
A senior official in Prague's Communist regime. He returns home with his wife after a political dinner and becomes convinced they are under government surveillance after discovering a break-in and missing keys. Anna (played by Jiřina Bohdalová) appears in The Ear.
Ludvik's alcoholic wife. As the night progresses, the tensions and flaws in their marriage are exposed alongside their shared paranoia about state surveillance. Cejnar (played by Bořivoj Navrátil) appears in The Ear.
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Characters
Ludvik
(played by Radoslav Brzobohatý) — protagonist
A senior official in Prague's Communist regime. He returns home with his wife after a political dinner and becomes convinced they are under government surveillance after discovering a break-in and mis...
Anna
(played by Jiřina Bohdalová) — supporting
Ludvik's alcoholic wife. As the night progresses, the tensions and flaws in their marriage are exposed alongside their shared paranoia about state surveillance.
Cejnar
(played by Bořivoj Navrátil) — minor
Story Analysis
A couple's night of paranoia and marital breakdown under totalitarian surveillance.
Plot Progression
Return to the Breached Home
Unraveling Paranoia
Marital Fracture
Trapped in Surveillance
Directed by Karel Kachyňa
The Ear (1990) · 7.2/10 · drama, mystery, thriller
