The director of the company Restaurants and Canteens arrives to attend a screening of a film made in various restaurants. A group of villagers come in to one of the restaurants for their lunch. The two waiters carry on chatting and ignore their customers. The head waiter finally brings them a crumpled menu, but whatever they order, he crosses off the menu and urges them to order something they do not want. In another restaurant a customer complains he has found a button in his sauce. The waiter promises to get him another portion but, once out of sight, he simply takes the button out of the food and brings back the same plate on which he has carelessly rearranged the food. Other customers are trying to pay but the staff point to the waiter with the wallet; he, however, is absorbed in watching a chess game and is neglecting his duties.
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Cast
22 people
Jiří Sovák
Known for
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Theodor Pištěk
Also in
School Is the Foundation of Life
The Arrival from the Darkness
Adolf Böhm
Frantisek Bretislav Kunc
Frantisek Lukás
Lubomír Marek
Václav Voska
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Jaromír Janáček
František Filipovský
Known for
The Adventures of the Mole
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Stella Zázvorková
Known for
Kolya
Cosy Dens
Josef Hlinomaz
Known for
The Adventures of the Mole
Lemonade Joe
Antonín Jedlička
Known for
The Adventures of the Mole
František Lukáš Director · František Břetislav Kunc Screenplay Bohumil Vích Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1956 · Produced in XC · Original title Platit prosím
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Studio dokumentárních filmů Praha
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XC
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Original title
Platit prosím
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Slovakia · January 1, 1956
XC · January 1, 1956
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