Directed by:
Václav KubásekCinematography:
Bohumil KolátorComposer:
Jiří Julius FialaCast:
Oldřich Vykypěl, Otto Čermák, Hermína Vojtová, J. O. Martin, Josef Kozák, Antonie Hegerlíková, Josef Bek, František Klika, Josef Chvalina, Miluše Zoubková, Karel Svoboda, Miroslav Svoboda (more)Plots(1)
The catastrophically dry weather of 1947 causes immense problems in the countryside. In the small village Klíčov, only farmers Hánek and Bervida and the old Hromádka have water. The others must queue every day for a drop for themselves and their cattle. All the villagers lament over their previous decision to turn down the cooperative chairman Kouba's proposal to built a new village water-supply system. Hánek and several others avoid the state supplies and, with Bervida's help, sell their milk and butter on the black market. The agricultural officer Šejna promises Kouba to support him in the building of the water-supply system which the citizens now had approved unanimously. Kouba vigorously sets off, trying to get the material, organizing brigades, discussing the channel for the water-supply system. Also Bervida pretends to help, but in fact he sabotages the collective work in various ways. One day he is full of promises, the next day he threatens or blackmails. Eventually, his true intentions are revealed. But the inhabitants of the village soon enjoy the first water which flows to the village green in the wooden troughs. (NFA)
(more)Cast
Oldřich Vykypěl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
All My Compatriots (1968)
Jan Hus (1954)
Jan Žižka (1955)
Otto Čermák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářství (1952)
From My Life (1955)
Posel úsvitu (1950)
Hermína Vojtová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
J. O. Martin
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Playing with the Devil (1956)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Josef Kozák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Antonie Hegerlíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
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Josef Bek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
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František Klika
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Happy Journey (1943)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Jan Hus (1954)
Josef Chvalina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
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Miluše Zoubková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Snake Poison (1981)
Pleasures of the Father of His Country (1969)
Karel Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Miroslav Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
František Marek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
I Dutifully Report (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
Bohumil Smutný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž, který stoupl v ceně (1967)
Portáši (1947)
Moudrý Engelbert (1968) (TV movie)
Miloš Hájek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Prokop Diviš (1977) (TV movie)
Eman Fiala
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Emil Kavan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Proud Princess (1952)
Divá Bára (1949)
Life Was the Stake (1956)
Viktor Očásek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Happy End (1967)
Bolek Prchal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Station Master (1941)
Hynek Němec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Funeral Ceremonies (1969)