Directed by:
Jiří HavelkaScreenplay:
Jiří HavelkaCinematography:
Ferdinand MazurekComposer:
Tadeáš VěrčákCast:
Oldřich Kaiser, Dáša Vokatá, Štěpán Kozub, Michal Isteník, Alena Mihulová, Petr Lněnička, Luboš Veselý, Sára Arnsteinová, Jiří Šimek, Tomáš Jeřábek (more)Plots(1)
A true story of injustice perpetrated on a peaceful gardener by a wealthy neighbor meets Karel Čapek’s eponymous literary work about a gardener’s hardships and successes over the course of a year. Director Jiří Havelka, one of the most complex artistic personalities of our time, has long proved that “alternative” and “audience-friendly” need not be mutually exclusive. His quietly moving tragicomic story about a remarkably stubborn struggle for the right to a dignified life is built on two great performances by the always outstanding Oldřich Kaiser and Dáša Vokatá. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Oldřich Kaiser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/971/163971357_4a2abb.png)
Oldřich Kaiser
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Dáša Vokatá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Gardener's Year (2024)
Dívka za zrcadlem (2018) (TV movie)
![Štěpán Kozub](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/061/166061205_0ef345.jpg)
Štěpán Kozub
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Bull (2019) (theatrical recording)
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
![Michal Isteník](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/993/163993870_22b905.png)
Michal Isteník
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lakomec (2020) (theatrical recording)
Rédl (2018) (series)
Lady of Izieu (2007) (TV movie)
![Alena Mihulová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/430/160430926_9fa0b8.jpg)
Alena Mihulová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
The Cow (1993)
Anthropoid (2016)
![Petr Lněnička](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/221/166221056_8c5fd3.jpg)
Petr Lněnička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
![Luboš Veselý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/639/166639601_2b77ca.jpg)
Luboš Veselý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Raskolnikov: jeho zločin a jeho trest (2009) (theatrical recording)
![Sára Arnsteinová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/242/161242747_f965e7.png)
Sára Arnsteinová
Best movies:
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
I Will Not Be Silent (2017) (TV movie)
The Gardener's Year (2024)
![Jiří Šimek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/834/160834625_57ed5f.jpg)
Jiří Šimek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Actor (2020) (series)
![Tomáš Jeřábek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806130_464cb3.jpg)
Tomáš Jeřábek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Dechovka (2016) (theatrical recording)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
![Jiří Vyorálek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416757_137681.jpg)
Jiří Vyorálek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Korespondence V+W (2012) (theatrical recording)
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Zlatá šedesátá (2015) (theatrical recording)
Eliáš Jeřábek
Best movies:
The Gardener's Year (2024)
Karel, Me and You (2019)
![Ondřej Bauer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/166/161166923_2ff8f2.jpg)
Ondřej Bauer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Dechovka (2016) (theatrical recording)
![Hanuš Bor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276186_b12b2b.jpg)
Hanuš Bor
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
On the Comet (1970)
Chef Speciality (1999) (TV movie)
![Pavel Batěk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/849/164849926_6434f6.jpg)
Pavel Batěk
Czechoslovakia
![Tereza Dočkalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/742/162742420_767710.jpg)
Tereza Dočkalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
294 statečných (2022) (theatrical recording)
Ruská zavařenina (2015) (theatrical recording)
The Gardener's Year (2024)
![Jakub Albrecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/228/167228376_e1d519.jpg)
Jakub Albrecht
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zbojník (2023)
Royal Affair (2012)
294 statečných (2022) (theatrical recording)
![Petr Reif](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/131/165131682_0428dd.jpg)
Petr Reif
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Rats (2020) (series)