Cutting It Short
7.5
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.
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31 people
Magda Vášáryová
Maryška
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Marketa Lazarová
Jiří Schmitzer
správce pivovaru Francin, Maryščin muž
Known for
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Jaromír Hanzlík
Pepin, Francinův bratr
Known for
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Rudolf Hrušínský
MUDr. Gruntorád, předseda správní rady pivovaru
Known for
The Cremator
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Petr Čepek
mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
Known for
Faust
The Valley of the Bees
Oldřich Vlach
hoteliér Růžička
Known for
My Sweet Little Village
The Elementary School
František Řehák
statkář Vejvoda
Known for
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Miloslav Štibich
kovář Bernádek
Known for
My Sweet Little Village
Alois Liškutín
ředitel spořitelny Šefl
Also in
Secluded, Near Woods
Hnízdo
Pavel Vondruška
notář Lustig
Also in
Zirkus Humberto
I Served the King of England
Rudolf Hrušínský
sladovník v pivovaře
Known for
I Served the King of England
My Sweet Little Village
Oldřich Vízner
kadeřník Boďa Červinka
Also in
Arabela
Velmi křehké vztahy
Jiří Menzel Director · Bohumil Hrabal Screenplay Jiří Šust Composer
United States release October 27, 1983 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Languages Czech, German
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Studio · Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Postřižiny
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech · German
Release dates
XC · February 6, 1981
Theatrical
United States · October 27, 1983
Theatrical
Czechia
July 2, 2020 · Theatrical · Digitally restored
France
March 22, 1989 · Theatrical
October 18, 2023 · Physical · DVD
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