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Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman. There he embarks on a series of adulterous adventures, has encounters with boxing pros and famous portrait artists, and schemes to purchase the perfect pond to fulfill his passion for fishing. When the Nazis gain control, the comedy turns sour - he loses his lake, his job, and finally, his family.Read moreLess
Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman. There he embarks on a series of adulterous adventures, has encounters with boxing pros and famous portrait artists, and schemes to purchase the perfect pond to fulfill his passion for fishing. When the Nazis gain control, the comedy turns sour - he loses his lake, his job, and finally, his family.
The story
Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman. There he embarks on a series of adulterous adventures, has encounters with boxing pros and famous portrait artists, and schemes to purchase the perfect pond to fulfill his passion for fishing. When the Nazis gain control, the comedy turns sour - he loses his lake, his job, and finally, his family.
Cast & crew
Karel HeřmánekFather
Marta Vančurovámatka
Rudolf HrušínskýProšek
Jiří KrampolHejtmánek
Lubor Tokošmalíř Nejezchleb
Dana VlkováIrma Korálková
Ladislav Potměšilředitel Korálek
Oldřich VlachCast
Zuzana Geislerová
Ladislav TrojanCast
Jan PřeučilCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Karel Kachyňa
- Director of Photography
- Vladimír Smutný
- Screenplay
- Karel Kachyňa
- Editor
- Jiří Brožek
- Screenplay
- Dušan Hamšík
- Original Music Composer
- Luboš Fišer