My Sweet Little Village

(1985)Directed by Jiří Menzel98 minComedy

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.

János Bánas Otík
Rudolf Hrušínskýas doktor Skružný
Petr Čepekas Josef Turek
Libuše Šafránkováas Jana Turková
Jan Hartlas Václav Kašpar
Rudolf Hrušínskýas Honza Kalina, ml.
Oldřich Vlachas rostlinář Jaromír Kunc
Rudolf Hrušínskýas Drápalík
Milena Dvorskáas Pávková
Stanislav Aubrechtas Jarda Pávek
Klára Pollertováas Majka
Milada Ježkováas Hrabětová
Magdalena Šebestováas učitelka Věra Kousalová
Jiří Líras hostinský Bedřich Rambousek
Ladislav Županičas náměstek v Dřevoplechu Robert Rumlena
Jitka Asterováas Rumlenová
Josef Somras ředitel Dřevoplechu
Blanka Lormanováas zdrav. sestra Půlpánová
Eugen Jegorovas hrobník Fanda Odvárka
Jiří Schmitzeras okrskář Tlamicha