Build a House, Plant a Tree
Postav dom, zasaď strom
Release: 1980-01-04
·Runtime: 88m
·★ 4.8
Drama
Juraj Jakubisko's first feature film after a forced nine-year-long break is a story about an unconventional man, Jozef Matúš. He arrives to a small village in eastern Slovakia to settle down and start a family. He is ready to subordinate everything to his goal. It all starts with stealing building material and ends with him disregarding those close to him to a point where his ambitions are turning against him. Build a House, Plant a Tree is a viewer-friendly film with a plot resembling a western, including several attractive action sequences.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production Companies
Slovenská filmová tvorba
Cast
Pavel Nový
as Jozef Matúš
Ondřej Pavelka
as Žiga
Zdeněk Dušek
as Ryšavý
Beata Znaková
as Mária
Štefan Kožka
as Jozef Matúš (voice)
Božidara Turzonovová
as Helena Šimiaková (voice)
Jozef Vajda
as Žiga (voice)
Ladislav Chudík
as Emil Šimiak (voice)
Stano Dančiak
as Ryšavý (voice)
Elo Romančík
as Babiak (voice)
Pavol Mikulík
as Major (voice)
Vlado Černý
as Traffic Manager (voice)
