Build a House, Plant a Tree

Overview

Juraj Jakubisko's first feature film after a forced nine-year-long break is a story about an unconventional man, Jozef Matúš. He arrives to a small village in eastern Slovakia to settle down and start a family. He is ready to subordinate everything to his goal. It all starts with stealing building material and ends with him disregarding those close to him to a point where his ambitions are turning against him. Build a House, Plant a Tree is a viewer-friendly film with a plot resembling a western, including several attractive action sequences.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 4, 1980

Original language

Slovak

Spoken languages

Slovak

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Slovenská filmová tvorba Bratislava,Slovenská filmová tvorba

Cast

Milan Šoltés,Martin Sanitrár-Ľupták,Pavol Simko,Božidara Turzonovová,Jozef Vajda,Oľga Zelková,Ján Schwarzbacher,Ladislav Vojtko,Ivan Drozdy,Katarína Šoltésováand 26 more

Director

Juraj Jakubisko

Writer

Mikuláš Kováč,Lýdia Ragačová

Cinematography

Stanislav Doršic,Vladimír Holloš

Music

Petr Hapka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0171648