The catastrophically dry weather of 1947 causes immense problems in the countryside. In the small village Klíčov, only farmers Hánek and Bervida and the old Hromádka have water. The others must queue every day for a drop for themselves and their cattle. All the villagers lament over their previous decision to turn down the cooperative chairman Kouba's proposal to built a new village water-supply system. Hánek and several others avoid the state supplies and, with Bervida's help, sell their milk and butter on the black market. The agricultural officer Šejna promises Kouba to support him in the building of the water-supply system which the citizens now had approved unanimously. Kouba vigorously sets off, trying to get the material, organizing brigades, discussing the channel for the water-supply system. Also Bervida pretends to help, but in fact he sabotages the collective work in various ways. One day he is full of promises, the next day he threatens or blackmails. Eventually, his true intentions are revealed. But the inhabitants of the village soon enjoy the first water which flows to the village green in the wooden troughs.
sedlák Ludvík Hánek
Hánkův otec
Hánkova matka
kolář Josef Kálal
chalupník Hromádka
Lída, Hromádkova dcera
předseda MNV Klíčov Vladimír Kouba
statkář Bervida
Arnošt, Bervidův syn
Eva, Bervidova dcera
Jiří, Evin přítel
řídící učitel
obchodník Jáchym
kovář František Šrámek
sedlák Vidlák
sedlák Mašek
vedoucí brigády
cihlář Ševčík
správce na statku Horák
chalupník Zeman
Koubova matka
zemědělský referent Šejna
muž u Bervidy ve skladu
chalupník Mrázek
Anička Kálalová
muž na schůzi MNV
Marie, děvečka u Hánků
Milivoj Uzelac (FISYO)
Okolo Suče voděnka teče
Josef Bek (Okolo Suče voděnka teče)
Žízeň
Thirst
film
feature
drama
Czechoslovakia
1949
1949
24 March 1950
VII. tvůrčí kolektiv Jana Kloboučníka, Jan Kloboučník (vedoucí VII. tvůrčího kolektivu)
long
102 min
Czech