Cutting It Short (1981)
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.
Director:
Jiří Menzel
Writers:
Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Menzel.
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Magda Vášáryová as Maryška |
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Jiří Schmitzer as správce pivovaru Francin, Maryščin muž |
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Jaromír Hanzlík as Pepin, Francinův bratr |
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Rudolf Hrušínský as MUDr. Gruntorád, předseda správní rady pivovaru |
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Petr Čepek as mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady |
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Oldřich Vlach as hoteliér Růžička |
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František Řehák as statkář Vejvoda |
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Miloslav Štibich as kovář Bernádek |
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Alois Liškutín as ředitel spořitelny Šefl |
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Pavel Vondruška as notář Lustig |
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Rudolf Hrušínský as sladovník v pivovaře |
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Oldřich Vízner as kadeřník Boďa Červinka |
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Miroslav Donutil as kočí Martin |
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Josef Vondráček as výčepní |
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Jaroslav Vozáb as děkan |
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Zdeněk Podskalský as měšťan |
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Václav Kotva as kočí kravského potahu |
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Zdeněk Kozák as starý bednář |
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Pavel Wuršer as starý bednář |
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Josef Otoupal as řezník |
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Jan Hraběta as hostinský |
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Jaroslava Kretschmerová as slečna účetní |
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Jiří Kodeš as zaměstnanec pivovaru |
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Václav Knop as Sladovník |
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Alexej Okuněv as sladovník |
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Rudolf Stärz as sladovník |
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Tomáš Töpfer as sladovník |
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Ivan Rajmont as hasič |
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Jaroslav Tomsa as hasič |
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Rudolf Serina as pomocník řezníka |
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Pavel Trávníček as Man with Beer (voice) |
| Directing | Jiří Menzel | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theodor Pištěk | Costume Design |
| Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Miloš Brož | Creative Producer |
| Sound | Jiří Šust | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Milan Klacek | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jaroslav Hykl | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Novel |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Screenplay |
| Crew | Václav Nývlt | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Karel Hejsek | Camera Operator |
| Camera | František Kučera | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
| Art | Michael Poledník | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Karel Kracík | Set Decoration |
| Art | Miloš Sršeň | Set Decoration |
| Art | Milan Šefrna | Set Decoration |
| Art | Pavel Šoltys | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zuzana Máchová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Hlušáková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Petřina | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiřina Pahlerová | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Farkaš | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Růžena Hejsková | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Jan Šuster | Production Manager |
| Production | Miloslav Doležal | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Magda Chmelová | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Jiří Kučera | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Crew | Hana Forejtová | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Miroslav Lahoda | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Ladislav Lahoda | Stunt Double |
| Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
| Sound | Karel Jaroš | Sound |
| Production | Jaroslav Bouček | Unit Manager |
| Production | Lenka Jandová | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Olga Dostálová | Script Supervisor |