Directed by:
Jan HřebejkScreenplay:
Petr JarchovskýCinematography:
Bartek CierlicaComposer:
Petr OstrouchovCast:
Aňa Geislerová, Ondřej Sokol, Martin Finger, Klára Melíšková, Gabriela Míčová, Josefína Marková, Samuel Budiman, Lenka Krobotová, David Novotný (more)Plots(1)
The ZAHRADNICTVÍ (GARDEN STORE) trilogy consists of three separate films, all taking place in Czechoslovakia, set against the backdrop of some of the most dramatic periods of the past century (1939-1959), starting with WWII, covering the period of post-war optimism, and ending with the rise of the Communist dictatorship. It tells the story of three related families: the family of an air radio operator, the family of the owner of a hair salon, and the family of a garden store owner. The trilogy encompasses twenty years of the lives of its characters, who had to live out the best years of their lives in these complicated times.
RODINNÝ PŘÍTEL (FAMILY FRIEND) is a melodrama set in the 1940s during the German occupation. Three young sisters, two of them with children, are awaiting the return of their imprisoned husbands and the fathers of their families. Jiří, a family friend and a physician, selflessly helps this small family group, constrained as it is by the war. The film is a story of love that cannot be fulfilled; it tells of faithfulness, desire, guilt and love; it is about departures and homecomings, and about family, parents and children. This is a family portrait seen from the perspective of women brought together by fate. (Cinemart)
(more)Cast
![Aňa Geislerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/130/165130044_d471f3.png)
Aňa Geislerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Želary (2003)
Dobří holubi se vracejí (1988)
Přítelkyně z domu smutku (1992) (series)
![Ondřej Sokol](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294248_61fb9e.jpg)
Ondřej Sokol
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Dámský krejčí (2012) (theatrical recording)
Deskový statek (2008) (theatrical recording)
![Martin Finger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/289/164289183_4e4cf6.jpg)
Martin Finger
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Odpad, město, smrt (2013) (theatrical recording)
Methanol (2018) (TV movie)
![Klára Melíšková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294269_345a4f.jpg)
Klára Melíšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Dabing Street (2014) (theatrical recording)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
![Gabriela Míčová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/461/164461726_37e3f8.png)
Gabriela Míčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Odpad, město, smrt (2013) (theatrical recording)
Proces (2013) (theatrical recording)
Spílání publiku 2010 (2013) (theatrical recording)
Josefína Marková
Best movies:
Garden Store: Deserter (2017)
Dívka za zrcadlem (2018) (TV movie)
Garden Store: A Family Friend (2017)
Samuel Budiman
Best movies:
Garden Store: A Family Friend (2017)
A True Knight (2016) (TV movie)
![Lenka Krobotová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/920/163920768_90b431.png)
Lenka Krobotová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Teremin (2010) (theatrical recording)
![David Novotný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/218/164218800_bf4762.jpg)
David Novotný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Teremin (2010) (theatrical recording)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
![Sabina Remundová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/316/164316379_ea8629.png)
Sabina Remundová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light (2023)
The Seven Ravens (2015)
![Karel Dobrý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188635_b79b62.jpg)
Karel Dobrý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Czech Soda (1998)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
![Jiří Macháček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/309/163309039_3d72bb.jpg)
Jiří Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Loners (2000)
Living Large (2024)
![Johana Suchá](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/485/163485724_4c54cc.jpg)
Johana Suchá
Best movies:
![Dalibor Vinklát](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396108_bd1e32.jpg)
Dalibor Vinklát
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
A Pilot Tale (2018) (TV movie)
I'm All Good (2008)
Četníci z Luhačovic (2017) (series)
![Richard Stanke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268625_c01e4e.jpg)
Richard Stanke
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
In the Shadow (2012)
Polnočná omša (2015) (theatrical recording)
Protector (2009)
![Jakub Zindulka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275179_89a269.jpg)
Jakub Zindulka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
The Seven Ravens (2015)
![Barbora Milotová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424192_24f7a2.jpg)
Barbora Milotová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Charlatan (2020)
Walking Too Fast (2009)
![Josefína Krycnerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/805/168805815_wxc3py.jpg)
Josefína Krycnerová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Zátopek (2021)
Maria Theresa (2017) (series)
Garden Store: A Family Friend (2017)
![Rozálie Krycnerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/747/160747149_39c3f3.jpg)
Rozálie Krycnerová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Maria Theresa (2017) (series)
Četníci z Luhačovic (2017) (series)
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
Šimon Baloun
Best movies: