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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%. Scores higher than 94% of the 1,048 1980s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor. Pávek's family takes care of Otík, whose parents are dead. However, the two coworkers become at odds over Otík's inability to perform even the simplest tasks. Pávek demands that Otík be transferred to assist another driver, who happens to be a choleric and suspicious man named Turek (Turk in Czech). Rather than work with Turek, Otík decides to accept an offer of employment in Prague, but finds he does not fit in to the city life. After discovering that the transfer of Otík to Prague was a trick by a crooked politician to get a deal on Otík's large inherited house, Pávek agrees to give Otík a second chance and retrieves him from the city to resume their work together.
Ratings
87 audience votes
Key crew
- Jiří MenzelDirector
- Zdeněk SvěrákScreenplay
- Jiří ŠustOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- János BánOtík
- Marián LabudaPávek
- Rudolf Hrušínskýdoktor Skružný
- Petr ČepekJosef Turek
- Libuše ŠafránkováJana Turková
- Jan HartlVáclav Kašpar
- Miloslav ŠtibichKalina
- Rudolf HrušínskýHonza Kalina, ml.
- Oldřich Vlachrostlinář Jaromír Kunc
- Rudolf HrušínskýDrápalík
- Milena DvorskáPávková
- Stanislav AubrechtJarda Pávek
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