"FlLMEXPORT HOME video presents" "Satirical Comedy Story and Screenplay by" "Directed by" "Director of Photography" "Production Designer Assistant" "Sound by Edited by" "Music by Film Symphonic Orchestra conducted by" "Make up / Costumes Designer Set Designer" "Second Director Assistant Director" "Assistants to Camera, to Sound, to Editor / Lighting Engineer" "Head of Production Deputy Head of Production" "Starring" "Lights!" "And this too!" "Excuse us please We're having small technical problems We'll fix it soon" "Sit down in the meantime Latecomers still have a chance to grab a seat" "Excuse me" "Everyone is seated, we'll start" "Today we'd like to show you an unusual film, which does not even have a name Close up, please!" "It has no name, because we need none" "We want to know what we're watching!" " This won't do!" " Name of the movie!" "Close up, please!" " We want to know the name!" "All rigth, we'll name today's movie Close Up, Please!" "What are you doing, people?" "I haven't finished yet" "Thank you I think it is a fitting name" "Camera has to be twice focused during a satirical movie" "People often tend to think that satire should be focused on others and not on them, right?" "Just to calm all people present, the plot will be very realistic" "All similarities are not coincidental, but intentional" "And now let's look at the moviemakers" "First, the author" "Forgive me for disturbing" " That's fine ls that the screenplay?" "Yes, but read it before you watch the movie" "You know, I wrote one marvellous piece, but I think they've ruined it Moviemakers, you know I know them Thank you" "And this is the director" " Stop!" "Lights out" "Lights out!" " Meters?" " Thirteen" "Go have a smoke or rest, I have to redo a dialogue I don't smoke, but I'll go to the make-up man" "Excuse me" " Yes?" " How far is the shoot?" "We're just making last scenes" " Excellent" "This greatlý interests me I borrowed the screenplay from the author" "Don't read it I had to redo it completely" "Onlý now it'll be a good movie Writers, you know I know them Could you tell us something about the cast?" "Yes" "Jan Pivec is Mr Posahal," "Josef Kemr is Mr Prehrsle," "Zdenka Baldova is the mother-in-law," "Gustav Heverle is the site director," "Vlasta Burian is the site accountant," "Vlastimil Brodský is the accountant," "Frantisek Vnoucek is the editor-in-chief," "Frantisek Filipovský is the secretary," "Milos Nedbal is the director," "Lubomir Lipský is the head accountant, and others" "And don't forget the sound engineers, builders and light engineers" "They're all doing the movie, but they're not seen lt wouldn't work without them But you know, directors I know them You're right, they couldn't do without you" "But where are the camera people?" " They're looking for satirical types" "Any luck?" " Unfortunatelý not" "Terrible work All the people are looking so plain" "And how about to point the camera to some window?" "Who knows what type is behind it?" " There's enough windows here" "But which one?" " Let's ask the audience" "Look into the camera and choose" "This one?" " No, not that one!" "Or perhaps this one?" " Not that one!" "And this one?" " No!" "Then this one!" " Not at all!" "And this one?" " That's the one!" "All right, this one it will be" "Oh dear, we're in an empty apartment" "Oh dear, we're in an empty apartment" "If we at least knew whom do the photos represent" "Me!" "Me, please" "That's I" "My name is Prehrsle Josef Prehrsle" "And the photos?" " Family inheritance" "They document the growth of a man" "My growth, that is Have a look" "The first one is from when I was starting" "This is from when I was getting married" "This is me again, as the head official of our department, as a committee and advisory member" "This is me at the top of my career" "And this I shall become" "He was a very quiet and humble person" "He did the work assigned to him and never strived for anýthing else" "He received his orders and he fulfilled them" "Prehrsle!" "His inherent modesty and quietness made him for a marriage" "So, you're trying to implý that your interest is serious" "Well" " You are, right?" " Well I can't hold back tears, do you have a handkerchief?" "Here" " Thank you" "You've come to ask for the hand of my daughter, right?" "I'm so touched" "Well," " You'll stay with us" "You can't get a flat now And you need supervision" "Please, do not say no Every man needs a supervision" "Everyone has its ups and downs" "And you, my daughter, you couldn't be a minute without me, right?" "No, mother" " There you have it" "Gee, you reallý made me cry" "But you men are like that, breaking our hearts any time they please" "Madam, that" " Stay seated, everything is in order" "Proposal was made and you'll get my daughter" "Tina knows how to cook, right?" "And she cooks well" "And you're not too pický, right?" "Well, I eat everything I just don't like noodles" "Oh, oh" "We're going to have them today, noodles with chicken I love them Tina too, right?" " Yes, mother" "So, we have a deal You'll get the apartment" "You'll get Tina and you'll get used to noodles" "Eat, no leftovers acceptabe around here Eat it all" "Just a second, great light you have" "Thank you - l thank you" "Gentlemen, the weather will be nice" " Nice or not, I don't care I'm invited to lunch For a pheasant" "Have a look at this please, ok?" "I have to go already Good bye" "What a lucký man And what are you having for lunch, colleague?" "It's Saturday Noodles for sure" " With meat" "Nope That used to be" "Plain noodles these days" " Good bye" " Good bye" "Good bye" " Good bye" "Good bye" " Good bye" "What a working morale!" "It's because there's no boss around I'm curious who they're going to nominate" "Someone older would do, of course" " Of course" "Well, I'm going too What's to do?" " Of course" "Give this to the head accountant" " All right" "Cheers and enjoy your meal" " The same to you" "Head accountant Pistora's office?" "Prehrsle speaking" "Yes, what do you want?" " Speak nicely to me I had enough of everything!" "I know things about you and the management, man, you'd be surprised You and that crafty director of yours" "But I won't keep quiet" "My patience is over Do you understand?" "Excuse me, I don't understand" "Well but" " Stop staggering and gibbering I'm warning you, if you do not fix it, I'll drag your name though the papers" "Your first name too All that mess that you've caused, will be nicelý written there!" "But sir, perhaps we could come to an agreement somehow I'm, you understand, I'm" "That's unbelievable" "Such a quiet person" "He went crazy" "Or he knows something" "Hello, that's a mistake" "What is it?" " Good day, sir" "Ah, lookie here, so, did you calm down already?" "No, there's no reason to calm down, I have to explain - l get it, I get it" "Why don't you sit down?" " No, thank you, thank you I can't, I have to explain - l get it, you feel a little angry, right?" " No please, not angry l feel offended I'm a decent and good person I know I do realize General approval" "Your name bears great references" "And that's why I'm surprised and even hurt" "That, that tone" " Please, I have to explain I have to explain to you" " Shhh!" "You must" "You must, but not that loud" "To make it clear, disorder perhaps, every now and then" "No, not every now and then" " Right, right, not now and then, but here and there Maybe even everywhere" "Here and there I self-critically admit I confess Just not newspaper" "Please, do not use the newspaper" "We'll make it up to you I have a certain influence" "Just stay calm and don't rush anýthing" "Good bye, dear colleague" " Good bye" "That's it" "Now he'll fire me" "My poor wife" "No pity for the mother-in-law" "That's it" "Thank you, birdie" "Good bye" "What are you doing here?" "Nothing" "Just standing" "Let me go, what is it?" "Damn it, what's the fuss?" "Did you see him?" " Who?" " That Prehrsle person I did and so what?" " He's been reproaching me a while ago" "He reproached you" " Horribly" "And what's with it?" " What?" "He reproached you too" "Me?" "I beg your pardon!" " He wasn't just reproaching" "He was threatening" " So he was threatening" "That lout I'll have him called immediatelý" "Wait, he says he knows something" "He knows?" "About whom, about me?" " l don't know" "And what?" " He didn't say" "He didn't say" "Blast it!" " And he also said he'd put it in the newspaper!" "I think that for the good of the company, he should be removed, fired" "Fired?" "What if he needs help?" "To understand complicated points at issue relating to our entire office" "A simple being cannot understand" "And if he doesn't understand, he inclines to attack in newspapers lf he'd understand, he'd be surprised and quiet" "But he won't understand He'll remain simple for ever" "And that's exactlý why I won't fire him I'll promote him!" "Prom That's just" "That's wise So managerial" "He'll be promoted and quiet" " Right" "Congratulations" "You were promoted" "Congratulations" "A head" "Promoted A head" "Promoted A head" "Stop!" "Continue" "Where have you been?" "This hasn't been settled" "Make it snappy!" "What are you waiting for?" "I've been promoted" "Head of Department 1 60 PC" "To your places!" "THE HEAD" "Excuse me for being so direct, but on behalf of all of us, I'd like to express our gratitude that you're our superior" "Now I believe the weather will be nice" "No lt'll rain" "Rain end" "As you may see, I'm a real boss" "And that's why I decided to reorganize" "Pulkrabek will move from window to the center" "Table of Mr Ctevrak from center to the window Mrs White replaces Mr Black" "Mr Blue replaces Mr Red" "There And Mr Prehrsle" "Forgive me, that was a mistake I forgot that I'm the boss already" "These measures are made to secure order and colour matching l'll be sitting up front to have a good view of things" "Table!" "Thank you" "Sir, shoud we remove that rubber plant or should we keep it?" " Remove it" "As well known, it produces carbonic acid in the night, which is harmful" "All trees do that" "You could choke in a forrest in the night" "Very informative One doesn't realize how complicated life is" " Yes lt would be good if you could educate us more" "Head of Department agreed to present us a report on planning Go ahead, please" "Planning, my dear comrades, is a great thing" "One could even say it is a fundamental thing" "Deeplý rooted in our life" "And its importance increases in significance through our uniform belief in its ideas, which extraordinarilý and deeplý influence our lives, providing us with everything we need" "Planning, my dear comrades, has a great significance I'm not hesitant to say that it has the greatest significance" "( No man without a plan!" ") lt is firmlý rooted in our lives" "And we have to try harder to simplify our work through a reorganization" "Comrades, reorganization is a great thing" "One could even say it is a fundamental thing" "Deeplý rooted in our life" "And its importance increases in significance through our uniform belief in its ideas" "(More committees know more!" ") Dear comrades, as a member of the Committee, I'd like to say that it is a great thing" "The committee is deeply rooted in our lives through its important work" "And its importance increases in significance through our deep understanding and our uniform belief in its ideas" "(Onlý the real honey is healthy) Comrades" "As the Chairman l must state that this poster does not express the feelings of our board And that's decisive" "We have to propose a complete revision" "Comrades, we simplý have to" "Those on the right and left must be painted on the left, and what's on the left must be painted on the right" "Comrade, have the tympani been approved?" "I'm surprised" "From the title of my function I order to remove the tympani" "(Echos of Times)" "A collection of poems" "Comrade, how could you even think about something like this?" "Today, when our times are booming with building, you come with poems" "What's it called?" " Echos of Times" "Echos of Times" "This won't do, comrade This won't do" "As a member of committees and advisory boards I state that the title has to be revised And the poems too" "Well, I have another meeting, we're checking the plan of observatories Good luck" "Don't worry Mr Prehrsle might not be right" "But he has influence I have to rename the collection" "That's not certain Mr Prehrsle's time is running low" "Look" "One day Mr Prehrsle decided to raise a complaint against noodles and to ban this meal with immediate effect" "How come noodles again?" "Just like that I like them and Tina too, right Tina?" "Yes, mother - l would hereby like to state that this meal is dissatisfactory to growing demand of the masses and that lack of vitamins have been proven therein" "Keep quiet and eat, it's getting cold and loses taste" "As a member of committees and advisory boards, I authoritativelý declare my opinion that this meal is disgussting and foul" "Comrade Prehrsle, not that I'd like to somehow , but I have a certain matter here I know that you know some things about our accountant comrade Pistora" "We promoted you, you made a reputation I do have a certain reputation ideed" "And you don't have to worry about me knowing too much I know nothing I'm not worried I mean everyone knows something, right?" "By the way, what did you mean about knowing nothing?" "I don't know That time when I was phoning with the head accountant, you remember it, well, it was a mistake" "But I guess that's not important" " But it is important" "So you reallý don't know anýthing?" " No" "Not even about me Not even about the accountant" "About nobody - l don't know anýthing" "You don't know anýthing Right" "And we made you a department head" "And then of a larger department, a member of committees and boards" "And we were constantlý worried that it is not enough" "We wanted to go even further and name you a divisional director" "And you do not know anýthing!" "Well, it's not that I wouldn't know anýthing I had lectures on rubber plants, planning, reorganization I had my say in painting, music and even art" "And we kept quiet, thinking that you might know something and you don't!" "I mean, you know, You understand, sir, from the title of my function I know everything" "But I don't know anýthing about you or the accountant" "You are dismissed from your function with immediate effect!" "From all your functions!" "Out!" "And I'll deal with you too, you scaremonger." "Nothing!" "Not a word Appologies are not accepted" "Who came running that Prehrsle knows something?" "Who helped him make a career?" "Who mislead me?" "!" "I did" " Correct, you did" "Comrade Head Accountant, the two of us are done talking Out!" "And you go too!" " l beg your pardon?" "What do you want here?" " Go, go, go" "Who are you?" " l reallý know something about you" "We have it all on film" " And so what?" "We can show you the film I'm not interested" " No" "We could show it to the Ministry" "This interests me even less I have friends there, you know?" " l see" "But we could show it to the people" "What?" " To the people" "But that won't be" " What?" "I'll rather" "Go, right?" " l'll go" "Here" "We'd have that settled" "What goes around, comes around lf this would happen to these gentlemen the same way in the real life, that would be fine, right?" "Where to point our camera now?" "I'd propose the audience" " No, no" "Nobody would come to the cinema tomorrow." "What if we make the details of this book?" "It's of Mr Prehrsle's doing too" "That could do" " Naturallý Hold this" "Put it lower Lower There" "Echos of Times One is to write a review on that lf requested, so it will be reviewed" "What do we have a critic for?" "Where's Posahal?" " He's not here" "That's just like him The critic of our paper is not here" "And he must write a fundamental article on this book" "There's some scandal around it" "Somebody wanted to ban it, another took it over, you know it - l do" "And to top it off, they gave us "Acritique is a sharp weapon"" "and I have no Posahal So, where is Posahal?" "Get him to me!" "I need Posahal!" "Telephone!" "Don't you hear the telephone?" "!" " Of course I don't I'm hearing water here, so I can't hear the phone" "When I hear water, I don't hear the phone I don't!" "Answer it!" "Answer it yourself lf you'd come home on time, you wouldn't need a cold shower!" "You don't understand Such discussions last until morning I've noticed that" " Well, you've, but I had a speech" "And I was successful Well, some wine was drunk" "But everyone respect me, my reviews are read and accepted I'll have a statue once" "Hello, who's there?" "Ah, comrade chief editor, but but of course" "Good morning, well, I mean the noon I have so much work I forgot what time it is I don't mind you don't know what's the time" "But you don't know when to come to work I have an important matter for you I am convinced that your reviews are good for nothing" "Ouch!" "Oh no, comrade chief editor, that hurts" "Our reviews, I mean your reviews, are insipid They said it on higher places" "On higher pla, my God!" "You asked me to make my reviews more general I did?" "Well, and even if" "There Times change" "Sharp critique is requested now We have to complý I'm sending you a book called Echos of Times" "By some Hovorka, don't you know him?" "There was some fuss about the book Someone competent wanted to ban it" "But now I've received the instruction to write clear, just and substantial critique" "Simplý said, adopt a standpoint" "What?" " A standpoint" "Yes, yes, of course" "And whose standpoint?" " What do you mean whose?" "Yours!" "Mine and not editorial's?" "Why not, editorial's too" "A careful standpoint" " Careful Naturallý" "But clear Clearly careful" " Yeah, yeah" "Even the standpoint of superiors?" " Possibly" "That would be the best" " Yeah, yeah" "But superiors seldom speak about young authors" "Even better You won't crash" "And what's your personal opinion, comrade chief editor?" "What would it be?" "It's general" "But uncompromising" "But why are you asking me?" "Listen to the voice of the masses" "Yes, yes, the voice of the masses" "And which masses would that be?" "You mean the wide public masses or the superior masses?" "Hello?" "Hello!" "Well, he hung up" "He doesn't have a standpoint and he'd want others to" "And then they'll say, it's of Posahal's doing What will I do then?" "Everyone wants a standpoint from the other while watching his own mouth Of course I have a standpoint" "Will I shave?" "I won't" "That's a standpoint hard as a rock" "But to write about some poet?" "Eat this!" "I, my dear sir" "A book from a young author, undiscovered yet, undiscovered yet, is a pleasant surprise" "Despite all shortcomings, which he unfortun" "Which he unfortunately failed to avoid" "That could do" "Right" "Or perhaps like so:" "A book from the young author is a mistake, nobody watered this again, which appears ever so often these days" "And , right Which happens often these days Full stop" "That could also do" "Right, but what about the standpoint?" "If you're interested in my opinion, I read it and it's not bad" "Here for example, see, he's writing about love" "Love walking with bare feet, makes our hearts bleed" "You also used to verse for me - l know I did lf it was onlý about love, I'd show him" "Perhaps like so:" "The author did not grasp the present, which asks of all to be to be, to be, you know?" " Right - l'd figure something out" "But look here, he has one poem about a woman, here about a machine, here a factory yard, here spring" "But I like it" "You like it?" " l do" "Listen, the boss said that I need to have an opinion of the masses" "And you're a mass - l beg your pardon!" "That's it, an opinion of the masses!" "I'm just going to leave" "Where would I go to get , because" "Where to Yes, to the publishing house!" "They printed it, they must know something about it!" "Yeah, but until I get there and then back" "Forgive me for disturbing you You can make everything faster in a movie" "You just simplý edit it" "Thank you, what a speed" "Don't stop, carry on watering Do you know this?" "I do" " Who is this Hovorka?" "I don't know that There's something wrong with him" "You mean professionaly?" "Professionaly?" "That's terrible Who told you?" "No one, you say that - l say nothing I don't either I'm asking you" " You gave me a fright" "You frighten me as well l can hardlý walk I don't know him, but the poems are not bad, people like them" "Like them?" "You mean the masses?" "They called from the general administration that they like it" "Oh dear, you mean superior masses?" "And how does it sell?" "I don't know that" " You don't know, anyway" "You don't happen to have it at home" " Now way, you're crazy" "So don't you know whether these Rays of Light" "An interesting book?" "Excuse me, do you enjoy reading poems?" " Yes" "You must be a tender soul And what do you say about" "Pack this for me please" "collection I don't know this Hovorka, you know?" "But I heard his dad and mine were" "Gee!" "Excuse me!" " Yes" "Hovorka, Echos of Times Thank you, I have it I just want to ask, does it sell well?" " No" "So they don't like it The masses don't like it I don't know about the masses, but people don't buy it" "People don't buy it, people don't" "Well What?" "People should have their say lf you can by chance actuallý, I'll come again, thank you" "Have you read this, Karl?" "Have you read this?" "Look, I'm the editor of the culture column, do I have time to read?" " Well, these are thanks" "Listen Rob, you read poems" "Excuse me?" "How?" "What stocktaking?" "Excuse me then Well, you're doing stocktaking" "Since you're doing stocktaking and not reading, then you're not Rob" "Clear What Peterka?" "What?" "I don't know any Peterka Please" "Robbie?" "Finallý, my dear friend" "You're such a tender soul, you read poems" "You see Robbie, what you mean about that collection by Hovorka?" "The new collection" "What Hovorka, the one who wrote Times of Echos" "Those Echos , the Echos of Times" "You have 'scuse me, that was not to you, I kicked something" "You know, the Echos" "What haven't you read?" "How come you say you read and then you don't, so what do you read?" "What Vrchlický?" "What?" "You're reading Vrchlický, all right, Robbie" "Carry on reading your Vrchlický, but you've disappointed me, Robbie I don't need Vrchlický I don't need an opinion about him" "Damn it!" "Why should one write any reviews?" "Seems for the boss, he was furious today" "And he was saying that critique must be clear" "My words Should be written clearlý" "So, or so" "Yes, but how?" "Radio?" "Georgie?" "Georgie!" "It's marvellous" "Georgie, what do you say about Hovorka's collection?" "You know, Hovorka wrote" "What?" "I know, I know, I know" "Well have a look What do you say?" "Nothing?" "You're working in the radio and you're not saying anýthing?" "I'll check with the television then" "What are you doing here?" " Buddy, excuse me for barging in I just want to ask whether there will be anýthing on Echos of Times and what's your standpoint?" "What?" "Well," "The person doing like so sent me" " You're disturbing our broadcast!" "Jesus, cut him out!" " lt was the man downstairs" "This is how it looks when a critic is trying to get info from the TV" "They don't talk to him and cut him out" "Boys, I've got something incredible, you haven't heard this yet imagine that there is a pub here in Prague" "Poems on one hand indicate talent, indicate talent on one hand" "Which is not balanced" "Damn it, what isn't the talent balanced with?" "Stop immediatelý, I need quiet!" "But I have to practice, I'll have my lessons" "But I have work to do, go and play with the children outside" "Go and play, off you go!" "Don't cry and go Daddy's working" "He's looking for an opinion" " What's that, mommy?" "I don't know" " And does daddy know?" "For God's sake, keep quiet child!" "The biggest defect is that verses are not too musical" "God, cut the radio!" "The author makes childish mistakes" "Mistakes and childish wordplays" "Get away from here, you damn scoundrels!" "Stop looking or I'll show you!" "This noise will ruin me" "But I'll ruin the author in turn He shouldn't have written verses" "Listen Posahal, you did a great job" "A critique sharp as a sword I'll have it printed right away Congratulations" "Thanks for appreciating it" "I have an opinion An opinion I have I have an opinion, an opin" "And I do have an opinion" "What you're up to Posahal, where were you hiding all the time?" "I'm overworked I had important work to do Exhausting I was writing a critique" "Echos of Times, yeah, yeah They spoke about it at the Ministry l'm looking for Karl, have you seen him?" "You haven't Bye then" "Wait, what did you say about the Ministry?" "Exactlý, but I have to see Karl" " Forget about Karl" "Look, the following is at stake here 'Scuse me!" "We'll talk, sit down" "'Scuse me, twice vermouth, no, twice plum brandy, that'll be better" "Why don't you sit?" "You should've been sitting already" "We'll talk Who said what?" "How did he say it?" "What happened?" "Who said what?" "The Minister" " What?" "Minister?" "How so?" "Gee!" "Minister?" "Listen, what about the Minister?" "And what did he say?" "I mean, it's great I'm so overjoyed, what did the Minister say?" "About what?" " About the book" "What did he say?" " Excuse me" " Thank you" "Cheers" " No, thank you" " Don't worry, it's alcohol" "Ah, it's alcohol - lt loosens the imagination" "Try to remember what happened" " You mean with the book?" "Well, they've spoken about it as they usualý do, one said this, other that, you know - l know, we also do that" "But nobody was against it" " Nobody against?" "Look, that's important Nobody was against it" "That's interesting, that's that, nobody was against it" "But that's natural, since it is a young author" "They have to be kind And what about the Minister?" "Nothing" " What do you mean nothing?" "Try to remember, I know when the Minister is present, people talk" "Who said what, something must have been said" "And what did the Minister say, that's important, that's an opinion" "Well, he didn't say much, he made more gestures, you know?" "Gestures?" " Hand movement" " The Minister was moving?" "No kidding!" "How come the Minister moved?" "What movement?" "Well, you know, it seemed that" " Come on!" "What?" "Like this?" "He did this with his hand?" "Away from his body or how?" " Here, like this Shortlý" "He swung it, how is it possible?" "What was he trying to say?" "He was trying to implý that he agrees" "Aha, like he agrees , he liked it That's horrible" "That's horrible, no, that's wonderful!" "So he liked it, that's great" "Stop the machines!" "I'll write a new article, right now" "What happened?" " The Minister!" "Unusual talent of the clearest kind and lýrical wit" "Exceptional verses captivate the observed subject, a machine or a beloved being, and become an arousing experience for the reader" " Karl's not here?" "Damn it, you're bothering!" " l've an idea for Karl" "One officer sent a note to a person who's been dead for three years" "Threatening him with a distraint What a disgrace in the paper!" "What?" "A disgrace?" " Afuneral!" "Funeral ls that it?" " Yes, that's it" "No, it's not the end!" "My hat!" "Put it into print, I'll have my opinion cleared with the Minister" "Cheers I've to speak to the Minister" " Comrade Minister is not present I just need a second, I'm from the paper, you know?" "Information" "But I - l need to verify one thing lt's reallý important - l'll announce you to" "Minister's secretary" " Thank you for at least that" "There is a comrade here" " Posahal's the name" "From the magazine Culture" " Ah, Posahal I see, Posahal What is going on, comrade?" "Avery delicate matter" " Yes, yes I wouldn't like you to think that" " Of course" "People say things sometimes, you know, well" "Don't worry, comrade Excuse me" " Of course" "Yes?" "No" "Have your department to settle it On Minister's order" "Right then" " Well, that might seem funny" "Why?" " But it has its meaning" "You know, a person comes and says, that's the one who" "Excuse me" " Go ahead" "Yes?" "Yes, yes, yes I'll settle it, comrade" "Comrade Minister will like it And I will too" "You too?" "We'll all like it" "Excuse me You bet" "Carry on - lt's about the critique I need to know the opinion of some people" "Because these things are" " Excuse me" " Go ahead" "Yes?" "The file?" "It was sent yesterday" "Hold on, I'll have a look" "Excuse me, comrade" " Go ahead, go ahead" "Or rather carry on" " Well, comrade Secretary, situation is complicated An unknown author, as you may understand, is today a so I started to search for opinions of highly positioned comrades and I got an interesting information that comrade Minister had to this collection a very" "fitting comment" " Give me this number" "Right away" " Right away" "Which was not expressed in words, but rather in movement" " Please" "Why haven't you sent it?" " Why haven't you sent it?" "Which is very practical, but for me somewhat incomprehensible" "And that's why I need to find out about the significance of this movement" "The file was sent yesterday" "Under number 42451 /248628 Yes" "Carry on, please" "That's all" " And what do you want then?" "An opinion" " About what?" "About the collection" "Well, it's complicated" " Yes, it is, if you knew lf you onlý knew how much I've been running around with this" "For example" " The delegation is here" "Welcome, comrades Welcome" "Please forgive me, the Minister is not present, but he authorized me to settle everything with you" "Well, the Minister is our compatriot I remember him still as a small boy!" "With freckles and already savvy!" "And that's why we would like to invite him to a feast, to relax a little from all the work and get boozed up a little" "Great lt's a pity, comrades, that comrade Minister is not here" "But I'll tell him everything I'll tell him everything, comrades" "Good bye And lot of luck" "Good bye and lot of luck" " Good bye" "Good bye" " Good bye" "Excuse me" " Anýthing else?" "You know comrade Minister" " Yes" "Does he sometimes do this?" "Like this?" " Yes" "Before yesterday he was constantly doing it" "And also like this" "Like this and like that?" "And what does it mean?" " His watch was constantlý stopping" "His watch was stopping" "Posahal!" "Where is Posahal?" "Soucek, where is Posahal?" "Nobody knows He's lost Simply disappeared" "Disappeared And what's to be printed out?" "He prepared two critiques One rips the book to pieces, the other praises it What standpoint should we adopt?" "Give it here I'll have a look and I'll put it together somehow" "Well, piece of this, piece of that and all will be as usual People are used to that" "Correct That'll be the best" "Lookie here, but this doesn't happen in literature onlý" "Elsewhere too, my friends" " All right and where to now?" "I think we need some fresh air, which is playing with the hair of our builders, which are toiling away on construction site to" "Excuse me, where did you read that?" "In the paper Mr Posahal wrote that" "No kidding So Mr Posahal wrote something again" "Yes and he also wrote:" "New person comes to a summer job" "And he feels freshness in himself and in the others" "Have you ever been at summer job?" " l haven't" " That figures" "Mr Posahal hasn't either, otherwise he wouldn't write it" "But we can go and have a look" " Excellent lt's great working outside, fresh air and most of all" " Daily allowance" "First we have to find a suitable person, who" "How did Posahal write it?" " Feels freshness in himself and others" "Correct Point the camera to some recruiting official, who got the instruction to recruit people for summer job" "For this reason the number of temporary workers for your plant is two" "Great care has to be paid to the selection of them lt's always the same Always about numbers" "Two Two whole temporary workers" "(Did you fulfill your volunteer duty?" ") Yes, I did" "Well, not alone, because I've asthma, but as a recruiting official, I fulfilled" "Sometimes even to ten percent" "Once even twenty" "(Only the best for summer jobs) Right" "We always send those who we need most to send" "There was one dodging, off he went to make him see how they deal with dodging elsewhere" "He already ran away from there Or the one that used to drink" "We sent him to power engineering" "To go straight" "(Good official persuades his comrades!" ")" "I do that I persuade, convince, promise the moon" "God knows that it doesn't work sometimes" "Cheers" " Hi" "Something new?" " Two for the summer job" "How come?" "How come two?" "Two people, two to make it short" "Listen, I think one would be enough" "That would be fifty percent" " Yes, but where do you have him?" "That's the thing I don't have him" "Listen, what about that accountant?" "Which one?" " That Macek" "Macek!" "What an idea He never says no" "Comrade Macek, I have something extraordinary for you" "Yes" " A holiday" "'Scuse me, but I already spent mine" " You did?" " None left" "Doesn't matter" "Listen, I have something much better" "Not a holiday" "A small summer job" "Actuallý, I was there too" "But if necessary, I'll come to work on Saturday I wanted to check the financial statements at home, but" "Forget the financial statemens, comrade, and think political lt's a long-term summer job, you know?" "On a construction site" "Fresh air, sun, water lt's a large construction site There's forrest there and also" "What's it called?" "The thing we must breathe I know, it's that" " Ozone" " That's it" "Ozone And all this within a summer job, free of charge for half a year" "But I like peace and quiet I'm an accountant, I'm weak" "Often the weak do more than the strong Look at me I'm half dead and walking I have the asthma Hands would work, but I can't breathe" "Otherwise I'd go myself - ls it voluntary?" "Of course, everything sources from own persuasion I signed you in already" "But I" " No excuses" "Or else watch it!" " l know" "Good for you" "My God, what am I to do there?" "I can hardly hold a shovel and a hoe as well" "And they won't let me count there" "So?" "How was it?" "How would it be?" "I convinced him" "is there everything in order down at the reception?" "It is, but that's not enough" "You have to have everything in top order" "Every new director notices the reception first" "Did you paint the gate?" "Good And did you put gravel on the path?" "Gravel!" "Gosh, that's, that's" "Bring it in immediatelý!" "Now!" "Gravel!" "Well I have such worries" "Do I need all this to welcome the director?" "And working class director!" "Damn!" "Damn it I'm just the accountant here I have my own worries" "The boss goes off to Prague just like that" "And leaves me here" "What am I to tell the director, when all I understand are figures" "The boss nominated you - l don't care about the nomination I want my peace and quiet!" "And my corn hurts to top it off" "Listen, Miss" "I have an idea I have an idea He won't understand accounting anyway, so I'll show him all our things, receipts, books" "And all this here that relates to accounting, you know?" "And he'll give up!" "What do you say?" "That's an excellent idea, sir" " My own" "I'm interested how this will end My first visit to the site" "As always, comrade Director" "They'll paint the gate next to the reception and will put some gravel on" "And they'll try to outsmart you" " We shall see about that" "Where are you dragging that suitcase?" " To the site as a temporary worker" "Hop in, we're going the same way" " Thank you" "Going to strech your body a little?" " Yeah" "Freelý and willinglý or did they" "Willinglý But if I didn't, they would I don't even know how they're going to take me on site, I'm an accountant" "They'll take you well They'll welcome you and give you work" "OUR PLAN" " OUR obligation" "Open up, we're here!" "Hello, damn it, hello!" "He's here!" "My deepest bows, I mean welcome" "Pleased to meet you" " The pleasure is all mine" "Aha, well" "Let me introduce myself Site accountant Dusek" "Accountant?" "We're colleagues then Well not anymore, as I" "Yes, yes Joe, take the suitcase" "But don't" " Oh yes, we'll take care of it" "When we got to know you're coming the entire team was overjoyed" "After you" "Comrade Director, what gives?" " This gives" "The site manager is very sorry, but he cannot be present important meeting at the Ministry" " Good day" " Good day" "Miss Vinklarova I heard that, that you You know each other well l don't really know, so many people come in and out every day lt's hard to remember them all" " Yes What a place" "That's something very important" "Here you go" " Thank you, thank you" "You welcome everybody here so courteouslý?" "I mean, are you so kind to anyone?" " Not to anyone" "We have to be vigilant and alert, but when someone like you arrives, and wants to ask about the site, or about the fulfillment of the plan, I can tell him that we're performing within possibilities" "I'd like to show you my kingdom I'm sure you'll be interested in our accounting methods" " All right" "This here is the summary of our incurred costs" "Very interesting from the point of view of an audit" "Hehehere Enumeration of accounting records" "And also the card index of personal accounts - Interesting, nicelý kept" "And you're accounting on Ollivetti as I see, right?" "On whom?" " On Ollivetti I can see it from the typing" " Well, yeah" "You seem to understand" "Of course I do, it's my hobby" "Really?" "Well, you can appreciate my work and order" "Have a look a these here" "Here you go Or here, this is" "This is interesting This here" "You can check this here Have a look at it all" "There, you can see how I'm doing my job" "Hold it, where are you going?" "Just to look at the site" "Well, lookie here You don't want to look only" "You avoided the gate in order not to sign in" "Because you're coming late to work" " How did you guess, old man?" "Well, wisdom of ages" "Off you go Overslept, right?" "Well, youth" "There are few like you every day" "And what if inspection came?" "The director for instance?" "Who?" "The director?" "My dear, he'll never come" "And even if, such majesties arrive by car and that would surelý wake me up" "And what if the director arrives by foot?" "My dear, such people do not go about on foot" "We can smell them miles away" "But off you go, so you can still write in your morning shift" "That's ok, let's go" "material WAREHOUSE AND issuing" "Anyone here?" "What's up?" "Everyone's rushing me" "One cannot even snooze a little, right?" " What would you like?" "A saw" " Get it over there and get out" "Man, I can cut water with this I need a good saw in a metal frame" "How about some horse eggs?" " No A saw!" "You'd strip me naked" "Here's the saw" " This is what I call a saw" "That's all?" " No, I need an axe too!" "An axe too" "Here's the axe" " And a file so I can sharpen it" "Don't you want too much?" "Afile!" "So much ado for nothing" " Here you go then" "Thanks lt didn't hurt one bit" "Halt!" "Where to?" " What is it?" "Buddy, you can't just take the things and go" "You have to record it in this book" "Everything has to be in order here!" "I look after stuff!" "What's your name?" " Blaha" "Blaha Well, sign here" "And that's all?" " What else would you like?" "Just to sign and go?" " And why not?" "I need a signature I'm responsible for everything" " For everything, right?" "Yes I need to have the signatures in order" "Well, as long as you have them in order" "Cheers" " Cheers to you" "Get out of here, you're standing in my sun" "Are you on holiday?" "Not at all, on a summer job" "Do you earn a nice buck here?" " None of your business I'm new around here, so don't shout at me" "That's something else Well, it's not that much" "But for just lýing around" "Look I should be shovelling, you know?" "We've got all that machinery and I should be doing this?" "An excavator can scoop up half a cubic meter in one go" "And with this shovel I'd do it half a day" "Yes, my friend, mechanization is a marvellous thing" "Are we mechanized?" " We are" " That's why I'm lýing around here" "And they write in your shift, without work and all?" "Foreman Kahounek, he is a great guy" "Go to him He writes in for everyone" "But watch out for Strnad, he's a real rotter" "He thinks he can fix it all by himself, right?" "And he won't fix anýthing" "The site manager is a real moron, God knows where they dug him up" "And the director never shows his face around here" "That's why I'm lýing here in peace and quiet" "Well, I won't disturb your tanning" " Nice from you" "See you" " Cheers" "And how are you doing with wages?" "You get salary slips from departments and the wage department books it" " Yes, exactlý like that I'm surprised you know all this" "We also transfer everything onto free sheets" "All in order" "Everything's in top order, my dear colleague" "Finallý someone appreciates it I often think the world would be more beautiful and in better order if" "Here" " Thank you" " Thank you lf accountants ruled it" " Yes" "People are uneducated I mean in accounting procedures I would even put love into books That would be the life" "Well, I don't know about love I have no experience in that But I certainly like order" "Look, he came to help We need one like that" "And I'm looking for a good job I haven't seen you around Are you new?" "Yeah, new" " And who are you?" "A carpenter" " A carpenter?" "That could work lf he's a carpenter, he could go with us, guys, right?" "Damn, Vinnie" " What?" "Joe hasn't come and we have to finish the work today" "So they don't catch us" " Moonlighting, right?" "Why not, for some extra cash - lt might be" "We're not a state company" "We're obliging enterpreneurs" "So, what do you say?" " Good work always shows" "You made this alone?" " Yeah" "And all the material is from the site?" " Yeah" "Borrowed" " Great bunch you are lt's all lýing around there and we can use it here, right?" "So, let's get to it!" "Guys, he reallý knows his job" " We could use you more often" "Guys, work's over, let's grab a beer" "And a shooter" "Pour it in" "You'll not be sorry with us" "Be glad that you found us" " You even don't know how glad I am" "How come you won't write down the cubic meters?" "is it my fault that I couldn't drive?" " And whose fault was it?" "Excavator's" " Then let the excavator pay for it I don't tolerate cheating I won't work with you as of tomorrow I'll go with another team and you'll be this small" "That's possible, but as a foreman I shall not tolerate foul play I will not!" "Excuse me, aren't you foreman Strnad?" " That would be me I'm surprised that you don't go along with him" "You'd have your peace and quiet - l would" "But I also have conscience" "And why do you care?" " Just interested I'm reallý honoured, that you, that" "Finallý you're here, comrade manager" " What is it?" "We were waiting for you" " Make me a coffee ls that working class official out of here?" "But what dear guests Welcome, comrade" "You did understand my joke, right?" "Well, I was just acquainting myself with your books" "Of course, what an honour I'm Prehrsle, the site manager" " Pleased to meet you" " Satisfied?" "Indeed, but I was looking at it as a temporary worker" "Atemporary worker" "Agood one" " A good one" "Now really, comrade Here on the site" "We have many objective problems" " And a lot of mess" "What is it?" "What do you want?" "I'm Blaha" " And what should I do?" "The new director" "Welcome, comrade, welcome - l went over the site" " And?" "I'll tell you later, comrade" " As you wish" "So, how's the accounting?" " Good" "But the site isn't" " Just some problems, comrade" "You know what?" "You'll stay in the office, we may need you here" "You'll help out around here" " Thank you" "And the site will be managed by foreman Strnad" "And if you allow me, I'll settle things with Mr Prehrsle" "We know each other as far as I know - l can't remember" "No?" "But I remember well" "We made you to disappear once before" "And you have appeared again" "So, I'd like you to disappear again and this time for good" "Thank you" "These people have the tendency to appear in various functions and they are causing just damage" "Stop!" "Lights off!" " Lights off!" "That's it for today, you can take off your make up Good night" "Good bye" " Good bye" "is this reallý the end?" " ln the studio" "We don't have the real end yet" " Of course" "We'll fix them all We'll have them reborn" "No, that would be absurd and the critique would scratch it" "And it wouldn't be the truth" "You know I think the one who knows to build should build" "Let account those who can account Let sing those who know to sing" "And who can focus on all the mess, must focus on it" "Let everyone do what they can" " Right" "Well, but I think the end should be written by the author" "Of course, the author!" "Yes Can I help you?" " Write the end" "The end That's easy" "May I?" "Yes" "THE END" "Starring" "Featuring"