Directed by:
Zbyněk BrynychCinematography:
Jan ČuříkComposer:
Jiří SternwaldCast:
Jaroslava Tvrzníková, Josef Abrhám, Bohumil Šmída, Ilja Prachař, Jiřina Štěpničková, Jaroslav Rozsíval, Miroslav Horníček, Eva Svobodová, František Kovářík (more)Plots(1)
Eliška Krejčová enthusiastically welcomes the news that she has been hired as a schoolteacher. She does not mind at all that she has been sent to the small village of Lučiny, somewhere near the border. Hora, the local parish priest, is the first whom Eliška meets on her way from the railway station. This atypical priest rides a motorcycle and equips his church with speakers and a television antennae mounted on the church tower, making him the only one in the village who can receive TV. Hora thus attracts many young people to the church. Resolute Eliška, however, decides to get yet more culture to Lučiny. With the help of soldiers from the nearby garrison, she establishes a cinema in the village, arranges the construction of a TV-signal amplifier and organizes a dance party. Young people have skiped going to the church for the first time. Eliška gradually meets all the villagers and her rather hasty evaluation of people causes her several misunderstandings. Driver's mate František Novák was originally a goldsmith, but his naiveté got him involved in the black market trade in dental gold and resulted in a one-year probation. He falls in love with Eliška at first sight and she returns his feelings, without having the slightest idea about his past. František wants to follow the straight and narrow, but driver Emil pushes him again to go astray. He steals cement and buys František's silence by lending him money to buy a motorcycle. When Eliška learns about František's probation, his insincerity makes her split with him. Eventually, however, the two young people explain everything to each other and reconcile. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jaroslava Tvrzníková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Neviditelný (1965) (TV movie)
Girl with a Seashell (1980)
Pinocchiova dobrodružství (1967) (TV movie)
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Bohumil Šmída
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
Girl with a Seashell (1980)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Ilja Prachař
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Jiřina Štěpničková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Jaroslav Rozsíval
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Miroslav Horníček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
Eva Svobodová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
František Kovářík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Josef Kozák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Marcela Martínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963)
Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Jindřich Pulec
Best movies:
Případ Lupínek (1960)
Don't Take Shelter When It Rains! (1962)
Antonín Soukup
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Oskar Hák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jiří Procházka
Best movies:
Don't Take Shelter When It Rains! (1962)
Každá koruna dobrá (1961)
Miloslav Šimek
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Dvacet let Olympicu (1983) (concert)
Zlatý slavík 1973 (1974) (concert) - moderator
Kam doskáče ranní ptáče (1987)
Juraj Herz
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Pacho, the Thief of Hybe (1975)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Zdeněk Braunschläger
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)