Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.
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| Directing | Jiří Menzel | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theodor Pištěk | Costume Design |
| Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zuzana Máchová | Costumer |
| Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Hana Forejtová | Stunt Double |
| Writing | Miloš Brož | Creative Producer |
| Directing | Jaroslav Hykl | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Olga Dostálová | Script |
| Camera | Karel Hejsek | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Jiří Šust | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Screenplay |
| Crew | Ladislav Lahoda | Stunt Double |
| Art | Pavel Šoltys | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Růžena Hejsková | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Petřina | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Jiří Kučera | Still Photographer |
| Art | Michael Poledník | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Lenka Jandová | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Miloslav Doležal | Assistant Production Manager |
| Art | Milan Šefrna | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
| Camera | František Kučera | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Magda Chmelová | Clapper Loader |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Novel |
| Crew | Václav Nývlt | Dramaturgy |
| Art | Miloš Sršeň | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Hlušáková | Costumer |
| Crew | Miroslav Lahoda | Stunt Double |
| Directing | Milan Klacek | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiřina Pahlerová | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Jan Šuster | Production Manager |
| Art | Karel Kracík | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Farkaš | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Jaroslav Bouček | Unit Production Manager |
| Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
| Sound | Karel Jaroš | Sound |
