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The Hen and the Sexton

THE HEN AND THE SEXTON

Slepice a kostelník

Directed by Oldřich Lipský, Jan Strejcek
Czechoslovakia, 1951
Comedy

Synopsis

Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local kulak Voznica (Vladimír Repa) doesn’t like any of this so he forces sexton Kodýtek (Vlasta Burian) to help him sabotage their efforts.

Synopsis

Cooperative members are harvesting crops, trying to get new water piping installed and preparing to plough away the field boundaries in autumn. Local kulak Voznica (Vladimír Repa) doesn’t like any of this so he forces sexton Kodýtek (Vlasta Burian) to help him sabotage their efforts.