
Cutting It Short
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.
Top Billed Cast

Magda Vášáryová
Maryška

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
Featured Crew

Jiří Menzel
Director

Theodor Pištěk
Costume Design
Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography

Jiří Menzel
Screenplay
Zuzana Máchová
Costumer
Eva Horázná
Assistant Editor
Hana Forejtová
Stunt Double
Miloš Brož
Creative Producer
Jaroslav Hykl
Assistant Director
Olga Dostálová
Script
Karel Hejsek
Camera Operator
Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer