Storyline
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.
Cast & Crew
Magda Vášáryová
Maryška
Lead
Jiří Schmitzer
správce pivovaru Francin, Maryščin muž
Jaromír Hanzlík
Pepin, Francinův bratr
Rudolf Hrušínský
MUDr. Gruntorád, předseda správní rady pivovaru
Petr Čepek
mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
Oldřich Vlach
hoteliér Růžička
František Řehák
statkář Vejvoda
MŠ
Miloslav Štibich
kovář Bernádek
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jiří Menzel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cutting It Short is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
