If a Thousand Clarinets

This anti-war musical presents all the popular personalities of Czech pop-music of that time on a single screen. A statue of Johannes Sebastian Bach is revealed in a fictional spa town named Alkalis. At that time, a pacifist soldier, Schulze, deserts the local garrison, and the weapons miraculously turn into musical instruments in the guarded military area. TV reporter Tereza (Jana Brejchova) appears at the curious event with the instructions to prepare a spectacular TV revue in the barracks. The militant officers try in vain to disrupt the event. Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr play a duo of paratroopers who spend a night behind the window of the ladies' chamber. (Febiofest)