The movie's main storyline follows the life of OtĂk, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered OtĂk works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor. Pávek's family takes care of OtĂk, whose parents are dead. However, the two coworkers become at odds over OtĂk's inability to perform even the simplest tasks. Pávek demands that OtĂk be transferred to assist another driver, who happens to be a choleric and suspicious man named Turek (Turk in Czech). Rather than work with Turek, OtĂk decides to accept an offer of employment in Prague, but finds he does not fit in to the city life. After discovering that the transfer of OtĂk to Prague was a trick by a crooked politician to get a deal on OtĂk's large inherited house, Pávek agrees to give OtĂk a second chance and retrieves him from the city to resume their work together.
János Bán
OtĂk
Marián Labuda
Pávek
Rudolf HrušĂnskĂ˝
doktor SkruĹľnĂ˝
Petr ÄŚepek
Josef Turek
Libuše Šafránková
Jana Turková
Jan Hartl
Václav Kašpar
Rudolf HrušĂnskĂ˝
Honza Kalina, ml.
Oldřich Vlach
rostlinář JaromĂr Kunc
Rudolf HrušĂnskĂ˝
DrápalĂk
Milena Dvorská
Pávková
Stanislav Aubrecht
Jarda Pávek
Klára Pollertová
Majka
Milada Ježková
Hrabětová
Zdeněk Svěrák
malĂĹ™
Jiřà LĂr
hostinský Bedřich Rambousek
Ladislav Županič
náměstek v Dřevoplechu Robert Rumlena
Jitka Asterová
Rumlenová
Josef Somr
ředitel Dřevoplechu
JĂşlius SatinskĂ˝
Ĺ tefan
Jiřà Schmitzer
okrskář Tlamicha
Vlastimila Vlková
babi Pávková
Petr Brukner
druĹľstevnĂk Duda
MĂla MyslĂková
kuchařka Fialková
Jan Hraběta
kombajnér Žežulka
Milan Ĺ teindler
závoznĂk Ĺ esták
Vida Neuwirthová
Jan Kašpar
František Vláčil
děda František Ticháček
Miroslav Moravec
Voice in TV (voice)