Build a House, Plant a Tree (1980) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 4, 1980

Original Title:
Postav dom, zasaď strom

Alternate Titles:
Dom Jozefa Matúša

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Slovenská filmová tvorba

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 88

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.

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Assistant Camera:
Jozef Košťál

Conductor:
Frigyes Hidas

Costume Design:
Marie Franková

Costumer:
Alena Breceljová

Director:
Juraj Jakubisko

Director of Photography:
Stanislav Doršic
Vladimír Holloš

Dramaturgy:
Tibor Vichta

Editor:
Alfréd Benčič

First Assistant Director:
Ivan Korim

Makeup Artist:
Anna Hroššová

Original Music Composer:
Petr Hapka

Production Design:
Miloš Kalina

Production Manager:
Ján Mikláš

Property Master:
Stanislav Možný

Screenplay:
Mikuláš Kováč
Lýdia Ragačová

Script:
Magdaléna Krázelová

Second Unit Director:
Ján Gogál

Sound:
Eduard Palček

Still Photographer:
Václav Polák

Story:
Mikuláš Kováč

Unit Production Manager:
Marián Postihač

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