A young artist is given the task of using the notice board to warn about abuse inside the company. He decides to depict the criticized situations in caricature. Office-clerk Jarda Kubeš is filling up lottery tickets and arranging his label collection during his working hours. Dentist Ruda reads a magazine in his consulting room, leaving his suffering patients waiting. The only one he treats is his friend Honza Žlábek. Worker Tonda Brtoul likes to talk. However, he strictly respects the end of working hours, even if this means that he has to drop whatever he is holding in his hands at that moment. Cleaner Nováková leaves rubbish behind her here and there. Notice board editors are hesitating to accept the work; they are not sure if their friends and colleagues can be criticized in such ways. The speaker, however, ironically reminds them what the purpose of the notice board is and the caricatures remain put.
The film is taken from the occasional satirical film series Trn (Thorn).
výtvarník nástěnky
zubař Ruda
pacient Honza Žlábek
vedoucí úředník Jarda Kubeš
redaktor nástěnky Málek
členka redakce nástěnky
Tonda Brtoul
muž s Tondou
Ruka ruku neumyje
Ruka ruku neumyje
One Good Turn Doesn't Deserve Another
film
featuretheatrical distribution
satire
Czechoslovakia
1958
1958
projection approval 1958
premiere 6 March 1959 /suitable for youths/ (kino Čas /1 týden/, Praha)
short film
8 min
220 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
