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A crazy comedy about what caused a passion for solving crossword puzzles. An insurance company representative writes a report with the Sluks about an accident that happened in their house. Mrs. Slavíková went shopping while her husband was filling a ten-liter pot with water that was on the stove. Mr. Kukačka stayed home, sick, and his wife went to visit relatives. But the husband used his illness to cover up his antics. Mrs. Sluková was doing a crossword puzzle and was looking for the word "seductress at six". She asked her husband to go borrow Mr. Slavík's crossword dictionary. Then Mr. Slavík's door slams shut, his pot of water overflows, and the gas goes out...
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
CS
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.
