
106 minutes
5/1/1952
The life on the poor Slovak hills, the lazy hills, where agriculture is at a primitive stage and where the shelves give a small harvest. Meanwhile, socialist industrialization is reaching an amazing boom in the valleys. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of small farmers on poor farms and the lack of labor in ever-growing industrial enterprises. The film, based on the fate of Matěj Rendek, who returns to Slovakia after 18 years from America, and on the fate of his family, who have toiled for years on poor fields and slaved for a rich farmer, shows how this problem must be solved: an agricultural cooperative is established on the lazy hills, which, with the help of machines, can handle agricultural work better and with a significantly smaller number of laborers, and most of the lazy villagers leave to work at a large sawmill.

Anton Tihelka
as Matej Rendko

Oľga Adamčíková
as Rendková

Gustáv Valach
as Stefan Rendko

Karol Machata
as Jozef Rendko

Anna Marcineková
as Bozena

Ladislav Chudík
as Jano Kovac

Ondrej Jariabek
as Gabel
Ján Krajčovič
as Janko
Vladimír Petruška
as Dubsky
Ľudovít Jakubóczy
as Juraj Kovác
Frída Bachletová
as Kovacova

František Dibarbora
as Kmosko
Alojz Kramár
as Zgrliak
Mária Sýkorová
as Strbanka
Rudolf Bachlet
as Koren
Samuel Adamčík
as Chriastel

Ivan Krivosudský
as Duro Srsen
Juraj Šebok
as Martinek

Jindřich Láznička
as Savko
Ladislav Hritz
Jozef Čierny
as Mlynar

Andrej Lettrich
as Tomko
Míla Beran
as Kubacka
Anton Michalička
as Maco Klen
Jozef Šikuta
as A day laborer at a sawmill
Štefan Figura
as A day laborer at a sawmill
Imrich Strelka
Štefan Adamec
Mária Markovičová
Mária Hájková
Gizela Chmelková
František Hrabovský
Eugen Senaj
Jozef Sodoma
Ondrej Bielik
Jozef Šimonovič st.
Ružena Struhárová
Oľga Vronská
Josef Křepela
Andrej Vandlík
Gejza Slameň
Mikuláš Bugár
Gašpar Arbet
Eva Krížiková
Anton Dudáš
Jozef Holdoš
Ľudovít Pavlík
Jozef Kováč