Directed by:
Jaroslav PapoušekScreenplay:
Jaroslav PapoušekCinematography:
Jozef Ort-ŠnepComposer:
Karel MarešCast:
Josef Šebánek, Marie Motlová, František Husák, Helena Růžičková, Petr Forman, Matěj Forman, Yvonne Kodoňová, Miki Jelínek, Jiří Dědík, Růžena Pružinová (more)Plots(1)
It is a beautiful Sunday and the Homolka family are having a picnic in a forest not far from Prague. The grandfather and grandmother have settled comfortably in the grass, their son Ludva romps about in the river with his two young twin sons and his podgy wife Heduš dances among the trees, while the beer gets cooled in the water. A young couple embrace in the nearby bushes. A voice of a woman calling for help disturbs the idyll. Masses of people, unnoticed until now, begin to leave the forest in haste. The Homolka family returns to their shared flat in Prague. The meal, which would have been delicious in the forest, seems somewhat improvised at home. The grandmother, twins and Heduš set off for Chuchle to watch horse races. The grandfather gets ready to watch a game of football and Ludva, who could not persuade Heduš to join him in watching this "male" game, is forced to join his family on their excursion. He gets drunk at a stand in Chuchle and this has terrible consequences. Exhausted by the hangover, Ludva becomes a witness and co-conspirator in a number of disastrous squabbles and settling of wrongdoings among the members of his family. Their TV set breaks down, and the family is left to its own resources. The grandfather has to make the double bed after he has messed it up, and this ruins his high spirits after the football. The grandmother burns the steaks she was frying for dinner black. The Sunday is over. Heduš cries because she is fat and unhappy, the grandmother joins in, and the men are miserable to have made such failures of their marriages. The two couples finally dance to Beethoven's Ode to Joy, which is heard on the radio. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Josef Šebánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271301_abc9d5.jpg)
Josef Šebánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Loves of a Blonde (1965)
![Marie Motlová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268202_eabc9a.jpg)
Marie Motlová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Behold Homolka (1969)
Oil Lamps (1971)
![František Husák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268665_cbcd6b.jpg)
František Husák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Helena Růžičková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647089_6deb68.jpg)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
![Petr Forman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/570/160570477_399289.jpg)
Petr Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
![Matěj Forman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673929_3e8338.jpg)
Matěj Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
La Famille Homolka (1970)
![Yvonne Kodoňová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/908/157908749_29120f.jpg)
Yvonne Kodoňová
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Behold Homolka (1969)
Six Black Girls (1969)
Miki Jelínek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Hopscotch (1980)
Pět mužů a jedno srdce (1971)
Jiří Dědík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Růžena Pružinová
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
La Famille Homolka (1970)
Karel Fridrich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
La Famille Homolka (1970)
Julie Kučerová-Nezavdalová
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Most Beautiful Age (1968)
Crime in the Night Club (1968)