''Žena za pultem'' (the woman behind the counter) was a Czechoslovak

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me which was first broadcast in 1977. The programme was directed by Jaroslav Dietl. The programme was noted for an erotic scene, which received attention from the ruling

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Cominte ...

Cast

Jiřina Švorcová Jiřina Švorcová (May 25, 1928 – August 8, 2011) was a Czech actress and pro-Communist activist. Her acting career lasted more than forty years, but she largely retired after the 1989 Velvet Revolution and devoted herself to advocacy of the Co ...

as Anna Holubová (12 episodes, 1978) *

Vladimír Menšík Vladimír Menšík (9 October 1929 – 29 May 1988) was a popular Czech actor and entertainer, born in Ivančice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. Both comedian and serious actor, he created a wide range of lively characters. He starred in more than 12 ...

as Karas (12 episodes, 1978) * Petr Haničinec as Karel Broz (6 episodes, 1978) *

Jana Boušková Jana Boušková (born 27 September 1970) is a Czech harpist and pedagogue. She has been the principal harpist of the Czech Philharmonic since 2005. Boušková is also a professor at the Royal College of Music in London since 2019, the Academy of ...

as Micheala Holubová - Anna's daughter (5 episodes, 1978) *

Hana Maciuchová Hana Maciuchová (29 November 1945 – 26 January 2021) was a Czech film, television and stage actress. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague. She was awarded the Czech Medal of Merit in 2010. Selected filmography *'' Krkonošské po ...

as Oli Škarapesová (5 episodes, 1978) * Josef Langmiler as Jiří Holub *

Dana Medřická Dana Medřická (11 July 1920 – 21 January 1983) was a Czech film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1944 and 1983. Selected filmography * '' Černí myslivci'' (1945) * '' Guard 13'' (1946) * '' Getting on in the World'' ...

as Anna Mother * Jan Potměšil as Petr Holub (Anna's son) *

Zdeněk Řehoř Zdeněk is a Czech given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onomasti ...

as Deputy Vilímek * Vladimír Hlavatý as warehouseman Dominik *

Jaromír Hanzlík Jaromír Hanzlík (born 16 February 1948) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * '' Coach to Vienna'' (1966) * '' Romance for Bugle'' (1967) * '' Maratón'' (1968) * ''Slasti Otce vlasti'' (1969) * '' The Joke'' (1969) * ''A Night at Ka ...

as warehouseman Oskar * Lenka Termerová as stutters Jiřinka from vegetables *

Marie Motlová Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...

as gran Kubánková of handling bottles *

Daniela Kolářová Daniela Kolářová (born 21 September 1946 in Cheb) is a Czech actress. She has appeared in several Theatre Studio DVA productions. Filmography Film * ''Kawasaki's Rose'' (2009) * '' Vratné lahve'' (2007) ... Eliška * '' Tmavomodrý svě ...

as cashier Soňa * Božena Böhmová as cashier Mlynářová * Karolina Slunéčková as saleswoman Zdena Klalášková *

Simona Stašová Simona Stašová (born 19 March 1955) is a Czech stage, film and television actress. Since making her theatre debut in 1976, she has acted on stage in theatres and appeared in numerous films and television productions. Stašová has won multiple ...

as apprentice Zuzana * Kateřina Burianová as butcher Lada *

Blažena Holišová Blažena Holišová (11 July 1930 – 7 April 2011) was a Czech actress. She starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Holisová died on 7 April 2011. She was 80 years old. Partial filmography * ''Skola otcu ...

as saleswoman from vegetables *

Slávka Budínová Slávka Budínová (21 April 1924 – 31 July 2002) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in over 60 films and television shows between 1953 and 1999. Selected filmography * '' The Flood'' (1958) * ''Lidé z maringotek'' (1966) * '' ...

as Vilímek wife * Soběslav Sejk as Karas friend *

Josef Bláha Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

as Anna's Neighbour * Růžena Merunková as Anna's Neighbour *

Josef Somr Josef Somr (14 April 1934 – 16 October 2022) was a Czech actor. He was noted for starring in the Oscar-winning 1966 film ''Closely Watched Trains'', as well as in '' The Joke''. Early life Somr was born in Vracov, Czechoslovakia, on 14 April ...

as Kalášek *

Alois Švehlík Alois Švehlík (born 30 July 1939) is a Czech actor and theatre pedagogue. Life and career Švehlík was born in Pardubice, then part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, in 1939. Together with his older brother Jaroslav, he became invo ...

as taxi driver *

Bedřich Prokoš Bedřich or Bedrich may refer to: *Bedrich Benes (born 1967), computer scientist and a researcher in Computer Graphics *Bedřich Bloudek, Czech military leader who participated in the Slovak Uprising in 1848 *Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), Czech b ...

as father of Karel Brož *

Bohuš Záhorský Bohumil "Bohuš" Záhorský (5 February 1906 – 22 September 1980) was a Czechoslovak actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1932 to 1980. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zahorsky, Bohus ...

Věra Kubánková Věra Kubánková (22 July 1924 – 13 April 2016) was a Czech actress. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she was honoured in the lifetime achievement in theatre category. She worked at the Divadlo za branou during the 1960s and 1970s. Kubánková also to ...

as Karas Wife *

Petr Svojtka Petr Svojtka (25 September 1946 – 9 May 1982) was a Czechoslovak actor. In 1968 he graduated from the Faculty of Theatre in Prague. He died in a tram accident. Work Theater * ''Romeo'' (W. Shakespeare, Romeo i Julia, 1971) * ''Benjamin ...

as Karas son *

Jiřina Petrovická Jiřina Petrovická (30 January 1923 – 10 October 2008) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in 20 films and television shows between 1943 and 1985. Selected filmography * '' Fourteen at the Table'' (1943) * ''Men Without Wings'' ...

as Anna's daughter-in-law *

Josef Vinklář Josef Vinklář (10 November 1930, in Podůlší – 18 September 2007, in Prague) was a Czech actor, a member of the National Theatre. He was married to Czech actress Jana Dítětová. Biography Born 10 November 1939, but when in 1946 th ...

as Anna's son-in-law *

Alena Vránová Alena Vránová (born 30 July 1932) is a Czech film and theatre actress. At the 1997 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre (Prague). Vránová was recognised with an award for lifetim ...

as daughter (-) * Jiří Hrzán as Olina known *

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as Olina husband * Jiří Mikota * Ludmila Roubíková *

Jiří Lábus Jiří Lábus (born 26 January 1950, in Prague) is a Czech actor. His brother is the Czech architect Ladislav Lábus. In 1973, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined the theatre Studio Ypsilon, where he remains ...

* Otakar Brousek mladší *

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* Ladislav Frej * Ema Skálová * Jaroslava Brousková * Eva Klepáčová *

Stella Zázvorková Stella Zázvorková (14 April 1922 – 18 May 2005) was a Czech actress from Prague. Zázvorková, an alumnus of Prague's theatre school of E.F. Burian, appeared in more than a hundred films and series. She was married to the actor Miloš ...

* Vladimír Dvořák * Věra Budilová * Jindřich Hinke * Jana Břežková * Marta Kučírková * Růžena Lysenková * Jiřina Krejčíková *

Eva Svobodová Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in t ...

* František Hanus * Oldřich Vlach * Dana Syslová * Ladislav Křiváček *

Jiří Bruder Jiří Bruder (13 April 1928 – 31 May 2014) was a Czech film, theatre and voice actor, recipient of the for his lifetime achievements in dubbing (1998). During his career, he worked in Prague Municipal Theatres or Laterna Magika. Beginning in th ...

* Miroslav Homola * Zdeněk Ornest *

Věra Tichánková Věra Tichánková (7 December 1920 – 9 January 2014) was a Czech actress, whose career spanned over seven decades. Věra Tichánková died on 9 January 2014, aged 93, in Prague, Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Cze ...

* Pavla Maršálková *

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* Martin Štěpánek * Vítězslav Černý *

Ivo Niederle Ivo Niederle (26 December 1929 – 8 January 2021) was a Czech actor, entertainer, and commentator. Biography Niederle was born in 1929 in Prague. In 1953, he graduated in acting studies from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Ar ...

* Jaroslav Cmíral * Jan Cmíral

Story

The story is about Anna Holubová, her daughter Michala, her son Petr and her husbands. The whole story takes place under socialism (in the fifth episode appears 1 May and

Gustáv Husák Gustáv Husák (, , ; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak communist politician of Slovak origin, who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the president o ...

). Furthermore, in the example is mentioned SSM (Socialist Union of Youth). Anna after the divorce starts working in a convenience store, where she meets her future husband while solving problems with stammering Jiřinka warehouse keeper Dominik, or Vilímek who likes her. But children do not like Anna's future husband ( Peter Haničinec). Mother (

) again likes the way she moved (she works in the so-called OÚNZ - District Institute of National Health). Eventually, the children of Anna displease their father ( Josef Langmiler), and permit Anna to get married again. The entire story takes place in one year (12 parts of 12 months).

Episodes

*1.Anna nastupuje - Anna gets into work *2.Příběh zeleninové Jiřinky - The story of "Vegetable Jiřinka" *3.Příběh šéfova zástupce - The story of the deputy of the boss *4.Příběh řeznice Lady a skladníka Oskara - The story of the butcher Lada and the warehouseman Oscar *5.Příběh starého Dominika - The story of old Dominik *6.Vítězství prodavačky Kaláškové - The victory of shop assistant Kalášková *7.Příběh učednice Zuzany - The story of the apprentice Zuzana *8.Příběh dvou pokladních - The story of two cashiers *9.Příběh důchodkyně Kubánkové - The story of the pensioner Kubánková *10.Příběh šéfova syna - The story of the boss's son *11.Svatba lahůdkové Olinky - The wedding of the "Deli Olinka" *12.Vánoce Anny Holubové - Anna Holubová's Christmas

References

External links

CSFD.cz - Žena za pultem
* Czechoslovak television series 1977 Czechoslovak television series debuts Czech drama television series 1970s Czechoslovak television series {{CzechRepublic-tv-prog-stub