Payment in Kind (1980)

In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes to practice in the countryside. His series of odd court cases reveals more about the human condition than about law. In one of these litigations a wayward nephew has cheated his elderly aunt out of her savings. In court, the nephew insists the money was a gift, but his aunt explains she only gave him the money as a loan. Although the lawyer technically wins the case, everything of value seems lost in the meantime. His services are paid for in rabbits because the aunt has no currency, and in the end, the nephew cons his aunt into parting with her savings anyway. Other cases expose similar types of petty corruption.

Directing:
  • Jaromil Jireš

Writing:
  • Jaroslav Dietl
  • Miroslav Hladký

Stars:
Release Date: 1980-02-26
themoviedb icon 5.3/10
  • Country: XC
  • Language: Český
  • Runtime: 85
Věra Kubánková
Věra Kubánkov...
soudkyně
Jana Andresíková
Jana Andresík...
Chmelařová
Miloš Kopecký
Miloš Kopecký
JUDr. Lukášek
Marie Brožová
Marie Brožová
babička Márová
Jaroslav Satoranský
Jaroslav Sato...
Joun
Martin Růžek
Martin Růžek
soudce JUDr. Petřík
Zlata Adamovská
Zlata Adamovs...
sekretářka Zuzana
Alena Vránová
Alena Vránová
Lukášková
Pavel Zedníček
Pavel Zedníče...
Pastyřík
Karel Augusta
Karel Augusta
Vrána
Soběslav Sejk
Soběslav Sejk
soudce JUDr. Špaček
Vlastimil Hašek
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Chmelař
Marie Málková
Marie Málková
Zdenička Vránová
Vladimír Hlavatý
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Marcel Vašinka
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Oldřich Velen
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Jitka Zelenohorská
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Jaroslav Vozáb
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Raoul Schráni...
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