Comedy · Czechoslovakia · 1951 · 1h 28m

The Hen and the Sexton

Slepice a kostelník

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Director
Oldřich LipskýJan Strejček
Cast
Otomar Korbelář as rolník Tonek Pěknica Jiřina Štěpničková as Tereza, Pěknicova žena Vlasta Burian as Josef Kodýtek J. O. Martin as Zbořil Josef Bek as člen SNB Bohumil Machník as farář
Crew
Jan Roth — Director of Photography Jan Chaloupek — Editor Jan Kapr — Original Music Composer Jaroslav Zrotal — Screenplay Vladimír Bor — Screenplay Jan Strejček — Screenplay
Synopsis

Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local kulak Voznica (Vladimír Repa) doesn't like any of this so he forces sexton Kodýtek (Vlasta Burian) to help him sabotage their efforts.

Mood & Themes
based on play or musical
Key Collaborators
Oldřich Lipský Director Jan Strejček Director Jan Roth Director of Photography Jan Chaloupek Editor Jan Kapr Original Music Composer Jaroslav Zrotal Screenplay Vladimír Bor Screenplay Jan Strejček Screenplay Miloš Třeška Production Design
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