based on novel or book,1920s

Cutting It Short (1981)

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Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.

Cast & Crew

Director
Jiří Menzel
  • Profile picture of Magda Vášáryová
    Maryška Magda Vášáryová
  • Profile picture of Jiří Schmitzer
    správce pivovaru Francin, Maryščin muž Jiří Schmitzer
  • Profile picture of Jaromír Hanzlík
    Pepin, Francinův bratr Jaromír Hanzlík
  • Profile picture of Rudolf Hrušínský
    MUDr. Gruntorád, předseda správní rady pivovaru Rudolf Hrušínský
  • Profile picture of Petr Čepek
    mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady Petr Čepek
  • Profile picture of Oldřich Vlach
    hoteliér Růžička Oldřich Vlach
  • Profile picture of František Řehák
    statkář Vejvoda František Řehák
  • Profile picture of Pavel Vondruška
    notář Lustig Pavel Vondruška

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • 1920s