A Czech agricultural student, Šimon Plánička, arrives at the small South Bohemian town of Hoštice, and joins the local JZD (agricultural co-op) with the intention of trying out his experiment regarding the "Milk yield of cows in regards to a cultured environment". He runs into difficulty with the directorship of the JZD, but he finds them eager to help once they hear he's the son of the local agricultural commissioner, as his last name is also Plánička. Blažena Škopková is given the task of finding out how things are looking. However everything is complicated by the jealousy of Blažena's boyfriend Venca.
Acting
Helena Růžičková steals every scene as gossip queen Marie
Direction
Troška's gentle satire of socialist village life
Cinematography
Glorious South Bohemian countryside in peak summer
Director
Zdeněk Troška
Pavel Kikinčuk
Šimon
Broněk Černý
Venca Konopník
Veronika Kánská
Blažena
Petra Pyšová
Miluna
Helena Růžičková
Marie Škopková
Stanislav Tříska
Škopek
Miroslav Zounar
předseda JZD
Jiří Lábus
živočichář Béda
Pavel Vondruška
tajemník Mosna
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Evík
Luděk Kopřiva
farář Otík
Vlastimila Vlková
Cecilka
Marie Švecová
Kelišová
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This launched Zdeněk Troška's 'rural comedy' trilogy and became a defining film of normalization-era Czechoslovakia.
The JZD (agricultural co-op) setting was mandatory propaganda, but Troška subverted it by focusing on human absurdity over socialist achievement.
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