Directed by:
Jaroslav PapoušekScreenplay:
Jaroslav PapoušekCinematography:
Jozef Ort-ŠnepComposer:
Karel MarešCast:
Marie Motlová, Josef Šebánek, Helena Růžičková, František Husák, Josef Kolb, Josefa Pechlátová, Petr Forman, Matěj Forman, Václav Žižka, Jiří Čutka (more)Plots(1)
The Homolka family celebrates a great occasion: they were finally able to buy a car. They immediately begin to drive for small trips to Hradčany, to the airport, and plan further trips. Their euphoria is spoiled by a letter from their great-grandmother. Their great-grandfather is dying and the family is expected to come along to say goodbye. The annoyed Homolkas therefore set off to the South Bohemian village where the grandparents live. Their bad mood does not improve upon their arrival to the village house - early in the morning, the grand-grandfather went for a walk to the forest and then to visit a competition of hunting terriers. The grand-grandmother did not reckon with their arrival and has no food to offer. The Homolkas bring at least some sausages and beer from the local pub while the grand-grandfather enjoys the hunter's celebration. He starts drinking and does not want to die at all any more. The Prague Homolkas say goodbye to their great-grandmother and return home. On the way, they drop by a pond where the grandmother fell in as a child and this time would almost drown again. When the rest of the family tries to save her, they all fall into the water. The great-grandfather is happily returning from the celebration and dies from a stroke on a forest path. The Homolkas succumb to the atmosphere of the beautiful summer day and cheerfully shed their clothes and jump into the water. It is as if the pleasantly cool water has washed away all the banality of their lives. At the same time, we can see the car with the dead grand-grandfather driving alongside the dike of the pond. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Marie Motlová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Behold Homolka (1969)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Josef Šebánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
A Blonde in Love (1965)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
František Husák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Josef Kolb
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
A Blonde in Love (1965)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Josefa Pechlátová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Petr Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Matěj Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Václav Žižka
Best movies:
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Leave It to Me (1955)
Two Men from Another World (1962)
Jiří Čutka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Lidé z metra (1974)
Karel Fridrich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Jindřich Chvojka
Best movies:
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Růžena Pružinová
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Jiří Hálek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Dagmar Bláhová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Am a Ea (1977) (theatrical recording)
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Vladimír Krška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Dana Kubálková
Best movies:
Jak se budí princezny (1977)
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Rusalka (1977)
Hana Brejchová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)