Death of the Beautiful Deer

Karel Heřmánek leads this cinematographic concert playing the lead role of Leo Popper, an Electrolux sales representative who is focused on providing for his family. Because of his talent for salesmanship and his natural sense of comedy, he is quite successful. However, his family situation suffers because of his outgoing personality and his weakness for women, whom he meets while making sales calls. His other “vice” is fishing, which he devotes his free time to. The lighthearted atmosphere of the 1930s, including success, money and women, is soon exchanged for the difficulties of being a Jew during the Nazi occupation. Because of his Jewish origins, Leo is let go from his job, while his entire family falls victim to discrimination and is finally threatened with being transported to a concentration camp.