83 minutes
8/26/1969
One of the lead characters is Maria, an inn keeper; always a bride but never a wife. She meets the newcomer Pierre, who disturbs the peace of the small village and teaches the locals how to enjoy life. The film is full of fireworks of lovely colours, and a warm feeling. It is like a carousel of humour and human situations that carry us away, from the very first frame to the unexpected ending, making the viewer laugh gaily. Using a mosaic approach to the traditional narrative line, the film director creates a picture of fairly anarchic glee. “Celebration in the Botanical Garden” is a world of fantasy, full of summer fun, good humour and delight. E. Havetta´s debut was inspired by naïve art, French impressionism, and silent slap-stick as well as Western Slovakian folk traditions.
Slavoj Urban
as Pierre
Nina Divíšková
as Katarína
Jiří Sýkora
as Gašpar
Dušan Blaškovič
as Kovác
Hana Slivková
as Mária
Štefan Štibrányi
as Pišta Domček
Marta Rašlová
as Mi
Zuzana Cigánová
as Margita
Viola Kováčová
Erika Meszárošová
Eva Turanovičová
Ilja Jurkovič
Dušan Jurkovič
Ján Gubala
Mária Žemlová
Vojtech Kovarík
Jozef Belan
Ján Náter
Robert Šelepa
Anton Ďuriník
Július Hotový
Viktor Záruba
Vincent Šikula
Melichar Švarc
Ján Krištofík
Ľudovít Benčič
Július Satinský
Michal Mička
Ján Siažík
Jozef Ciller
as Driver
Anna Bilachivová
Mária Humanová
Ladislav Huber
Alžbeta Lesayová
Helena Olejárová
Alžbeta Polonská
Dana Rendeková
Elo Havetta
Ľudovít Greššo
as Pierre (voice)
Sylvia Turbová
as Katarína (voice)
Pavol Mikulík
as Gašpar (voice)
František Kovár
as Driver (voice)