---
title: 'Cutting It Short (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Menzel'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cutting-it-short-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081363/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cutting It Short (1980)

1980 · 93 min · Comedy · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Postřižiny

## Synopsis

Cutting It Short is a 1980 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel Postřižiny by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in a brewery in a Czech small town.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel), [Bohumil Hrabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumil-hrabal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Šust](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sust)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jaromír Šofr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-sofr)
- **Editor:** [Jiří Brožek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-brozek)

## Cast

- [Rudolf Hrušínský](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-hrusinsky)
- [Zdeněk Podskalský](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-podskalsky)
- [Jaroslav Vozáb](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-vozab)
- [Miloslav Štibich](https://cinepixo.com/people/miloslav-stibich)
- [Václav Kotva](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-kotva)
- [Jaroslav Tomsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-tomsa)
- [Václav Knop](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-knop)
- [Jiří Kodeš](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-kodes)
- [Jan Hraběta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-hrabeta)
- [Miroslav Donutil](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-donutil)
- [Rudolf Stärz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-starz)
- [Ladislav Lahoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-lahoda)
- [Alois Liškutín](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-liskutin)
- [Magdaléna Vášáryová](https://cinepixo.com/people/magdalena-vasaryova)
- [Pavel Vondruška](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-vondruska)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cutting-it-short-1980
Film facts: Wikidata (Q2793244); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.