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 |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Petřina | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Ladislav Lahoda | Stunt Double |
| Art | Miloš Sršeň | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Miroslav Lahoda | Stunt Double |
| Art | Milan Šefrna | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Hlušáková | Costumer |
| Camera | Magda Chmelová | Clapper Loader |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Sound | Jiří Šust | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Screenplay |
| Editing | Růžena Hejsková | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Milan Klacek | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Olga Dostálová | Script |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Screenplay |
| Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
| Directing | Jaroslav Hykl | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Karel Hejsek | Camera Operator |
| Art | Pavel Šoltys | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zuzana Máchová | Costumer |
| Production | Jaroslav Bouček | Unit Production Manager |
| Writing | Miloš Brož | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Novel |
| Crew | Václav Nývlt | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | František Kučera | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jiří Kučera | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Hana Forejtová | Stunt Double |
| Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Miloslav Doležal | Assistant Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiřina Pahlerová | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Lenka Jandová | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Michael Poledník | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Karel Kracík | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Farkaš | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Jan Šuster | Production Manager |
| Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
| Sound | Karel Jaroš | Sound |
