In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes to practice in the countryside. His series of odd court cases reveals more about the human condition than about law. In one of these litigations a wayward nephew has cheated his elderly aunt out of her savings. In court, the nephew insists the money was a gift, but his aunt explains she only gave him the money as a loan. Although the lawyer technically wins the case, everything of value seems lost in the meantime. His services are paid for in rabbits because the aunt has no currency, and in the end, the nephew cons his aunt into parting with her savings anyway. Other cases expose similar types of petty corruption.
Unfortunately the movie Payment in Kind is not yet available on HBO Max.
Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
Writing | Jaroslav Dietl | Screenplay |
Directing | Jaromil Jireš | Director |
Art | Rudolf Kinský | Set Decoration |
Production | Jana Koubová | Unit Production Manager |
Camera | Dagmar Jonášová | Clapper Loader |
Writing | Miroslav Hladký | Creative Producer |
Directing | Michal Vostřez | Assistant Director |
Crew | Zdeněk Dufek | Dramaturgy |
Costume & Make-Up | Valerie Pitelková | Makeup & Hair |
Production | Eliška Nejedlá | Production Manager |
Crew | Adriena Váchová | Script |
Art | Miroslav Stibr | Set Decoration |
Camera | Jan Kuděla | Still Photographer |
Camera | Karel Hejsek | Camera Operator |
Directing | Miroslav Kubišta | First Assistant Director |
Crew | Lenka Němečková | Script |
Writing | Jaroslav Dietl | Story |
Sound | Antonín Kravka | Sound |
Art | Jan Oliva | Production Design |
Art | Zdeněk Jeřábek | Set Decoration |
Production | Ladislav Beneš | Unit Production Manager |
Camera | Jiří Ondráček | Assistant Camera |
Costume & Make-Up | A. Pavlíková | Costumer |
Costume & Make-Up | Svatava Sophová | Costume Design |
Editing | Jana Šimonová | Assistant Editor |
Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
Costume & Make-Up | František Příhoda | Makeup & Hair |
Editing | Josef Valušiak | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Zdena Šnajdarová | Costumer |
Sound | Vadim Petrov | Original Music Composer |