Directed by:
Josef MachCinematography:
Václav HuňkaComposer:
Ludvík PodéšťCast:
Jiří Sovák, Jana Hlaváčová, Josef Bek, Slávka Budínová, Květa Fialová, Vlasta Chramostová, Lenka Fišerová, Milan Neděla, Jan Skopeček, Oldřich Velen (more)Plots(1)
Květoliby-under-Linden is a small town where everything follows an unremarkable routine. One day, however, everything changes - a busy highway is being repaired, and all the traffic is diverted via Květoliby. The inhabitants first observe the increased traffic reluctantly, especially when the cars begin to threaten the one-hundred-year old linden, but some of them gradually begin to adjust to the new situation. The income of the local pub increases and Marta, the pub's young manager, is constantly courted by drivers from abroad, to the great displeasure of her wooer, the chairman of the Municipal National Committee himself. The women begin to dress up and visit the local hairdresser Ticháček with unprecedented frequency. Even the long-single social worker Anna Floriánová falls in love with a sturdy Hungarian driver. The chairman, out of fear of losing his Marta, rather agrees to marry her. The great problem of the new situation is the precious linden which stands in the way of the cars passing through Květoliby. The tree divides the little town into two camps, but eventually falls down itself under the weight of its age. After some time, the detour is closed. It seems that peace and quiet would return to the town, but the citizens of Květoliby apparently got used to the new way of life and petition for the return of the detour. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jiří Sovák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Kolya (1996)
Jana Hlaváčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Josef Bek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
The White Lady (1965)
Slávka Budínová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Kolya (1996)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Květa Fialová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Vlasta Chramostová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The White Lady (1965)
Lenka Fišerová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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Hope (1963)
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Milan Neděla
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Jan Skopeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Oldřich Velen
Czechoslovakia
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Josef Chvalina
Czechoslovakia
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Jan Libíček
Czechoslovakia
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Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
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Luba Skořepová
Czechoslovakia
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Vladimír Hrubý
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
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Marcela Martínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
Zdeněk Najman
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A Night at Karlstein (1973)
Edita Štaubertová
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Karla Chadimová
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Gentlemen Boys (1975)
Jitka Cerhová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Guard (1970)
Daisies (1966)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
Jitka Zelenohorská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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Larks on a String (1969)