Small Town (Městečko) 21 years old

Produced by Czech television, Mestecko (Small Town) is the directorial debut of theatrical veteran Jan Kraus. This episodic comedy is set in the small town of Mestecko (which literally translates to "small town") right before the Velvet Revolution of 1989. Tonda (Vlastimil Brabec) leads an ensemble cast of townsfolk who are eager to experience capitalism, but are unaware of how it's supposed to work. They set out to pull get-rich-quick schemes and end up creating their own version of free enterprise. For instance, a group of men run for office as a political party called the"Independent Eroticists" so they can hire a stripper to perform for the town. Individual business owners plot various schemes in order to participate in the new economy as the town heads into the '90s

Credits

Small Town Cast

Name Character
Norbert Lichý He was 38, now 59 years old as Klapák
Otmar Brancuzský He was 47, now 68 years old as Innkeeper
Ivo Hýbl as Mayor
Vlastimil Brabec as Tonda

Small Town Crew

Name Department
Jiří Brožek as Editor. He was 55 (now 77) years old Editing
Jan Kraus as Director. He was 49 (now 71) years old Directing
Jan Kraus as Writer. He was 49 (now 71) years old Writing
Diviš Marek as Director of Photography. He was 38 (now 60) years old Camera
Michael Kocáb as Co-Producer. He was 48 (now 70) years old Production
Michael Kocáb as Sound Supervisor. He was 48 (now 70) years old Sound
Small Town (21 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, February 20, 2003
  • Runtime: 103 minutes