Summary
Two years after his satirical comedy Pátek není svátek (Friday Is No Holiday, 1979) director Otakar Fuka made this sequel in which members of the Novák family attempt to improve their position on the social ladder. The screenplay is once again a joint effort between the director and Jiří Just. The sequel makes it clear from the start that improving their country cottage is no longer enough for the Nováks. Instead, the ambitious Eva (Jorga Kotrbová) draws her husband (Petr Kostka) into an intricate web of shady wheeling and dealing. As the head of a new research institute department, Novák becomes entangled in several behind-the-scenes machinations with foreign company Djungarden. Only narrowly does he avoid falling prey to cunning profiteer Mazáč… Petr Nárožný takes the role of Mazáč in this light-hearted film. Dagmar Patrasová assumes the role of deceitful secretary Ilona. The part of an alleged West German (and salacious) company representative goes to Svatopluk Beneš.
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