Directed by:
Josef MachCinematography:
Václav HuňkaComposer:
Ludvík PodéšťCast:
Jiří Sovák, Jana Hlaváčová, Josef Bek, Slávka Budínová, Květa Fialová, Vlasta Chramostová, Lenka Fišerová, Milan Neděla, Jan Skopeček, Oldřich Velen (more)Plots(1)
Květoliby-under-Linden is a small town where everything follows an unremarkable routine. One day, however, everything changes - a busy highway is being repaired, and all the traffic is diverted via Květoliby. The inhabitants first observe the increased traffic reluctantly, especially when the cars begin to threaten the one-hundred-year old linden, but some of them gradually begin to adjust to the new situation. The income of the local pub increases and Marta, the pub's young manager, is constantly courted by drivers from abroad, to the great displeasure of her wooer, the chairman of the Municipal National Committee himself. The women begin to dress up and visit the local hairdresser Ticháček with unprecedented frequency. Even the long-single social worker Anna Floriánová falls in love with a sturdy Hungarian driver. The chairman, out of fear of losing his Marta, rather agrees to marry her. The great problem of the new situation is the precious linden which stands in the way of the cars passing through Květoliby. The tree divides the little town into two camps, but eventually falls down itself under the weight of its age. After some time, the detour is closed. It seems that peace and quiet would return to the town, but the citizens of Květoliby apparently got used to the new way of life and petition for the return of the detour. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jiří Kasík
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Happy End (1967)
Jaroslav Klenot
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jindřich Sejk
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Josef Schneider
Best movies:
The Marathon (1968)
I, Justice (1967)
The Lady of the Lines (1966)
Jiří Svárovský
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Looking Back (1968)
The Marathon (1968)
Jan Váňa
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Divine Ema (1979)
Burglar and Umbrella (1970)
Karel Vítek st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Ludvík Wolf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/442/442991_b8fcbb.jpg)
Ludvík Wolf
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Ladislav Fallada
Best movies:
Days of Betrayal II. (1973)
Objížďka (1968)
Days of Betrayal I. (1973)
![Lena Birková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268269_466a30.jpg)
Lena Birková
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Kolya (1996)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Anny Freyová
Best movies:
Fantom Morrisvillu (1966)
And the Fifth Rider Is Fear (1964)
Transport from Paradise (1962)
Milada Horutová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
U pěti veverek (1944)
Grandmother (1940)
Alexander Paul
Best movies:
Objížďka (1968)
Eduard Pavlíček
Austria
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Vladimír Pospíšil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275743_4272fe.jpg)
Vladimír Pospíšil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Zdeněk Treybal
Best movies:
Objížďka (1968)
Transit Carlsbad (1966)
![Josef Burda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275719_1bf790.jpg)
Josef Burda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
The Petroleum Lamps (1971)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Vincenc Vávra
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
The Murderer Hides His Face (1966)
![Miloš Kopecký](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268171_8131f9.jpg)
Miloš Kopecký
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)