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Cutting It Short is a tchecoslovaque film of genre Comedy directed by Jiří Menzel released in USA on 27 october 1983 with Jiří Schmitzer

Cutting It Short (1981)

Postřižiny

Cutting It Short
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Released in USA 27 october 1983
Length 1h33
Directed by
Genres Comedy
Rating75% 3.792773.792773.792773.792773.79277

Cutting It Short (Czech: Postřižiny) is a 1980 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel Postřižiny by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in a brewery in a Czech small town.

The film is an evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery. The main actors of the film, uncle Pepin and Maryška, are based on real family members of Hrabal: Maryška on his mother and uncle Pepin on his real uncle, who came to stay two weeks in the town but remained for forty years. His spontaneous stories influenced a lot Hrabal's literary work.

The film was entered into the main competition at the 38th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

According to the film critic and historian Peter Hames, Cutting It Short, which frequently quotes or refers to silent comedy, is one of the best post-Tati comedies.

Theodor Pištěk designed the costumes for the film.

Synopsis

Ce film est l'évocation des souvenirs d'enfance de Bohumil Hrabal dans la ville de Nymburk où la brasserie tient une place importante.

Actors

Jiří Schmitzer

(správce pivovaru Francin, Maryščin muž)Rudolf Hrušínský

(MUDr. Gruntorád, předseda správní rady pivovaru)Petr Čepek

(mistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady)Magda Vášáryová

(Maryška)Miroslav Donutil

(kočí Martin)
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