Cutting It Short
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Director Jiri Menzel Music director Jiri Sust Duration | 8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Budget 4 million CZK Country Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1 February 1981 (1981-02-01) (Czechoslovakia)October 1983 (1983-10) (U.S.) Initial release February 1981 (Czechoslovakia) Cast Rudolf Hrušínský (Dr. Gruntorád), (Pán de Giogi), Jaromír Hanzlík (Pepin), (Francin), Magda Vášáryová (Maryška)Similar movies Related Jiri Menzel movies |
Cutting it short
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.
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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.
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