Build a House, Plant a Tree
1980, Slovak. Directed by Juraj Jakubisko.
Juraj Jakubisko's first feature film after a forced nine-year-long break is a story about an unconventional man, Jozef Matúš. He arrives to a small village in eastern Slovakia to settle down and start a family. He is ready to subordinate everything to his goal. It all starts with stealing building material and ends with him disregarding those close to him to a point where his ambitions are turning against him. Build a House, Plant a Tree is a viewer-friendly film with a plot resembling a western, including several attractive action sequences.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Slovak
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- Released
- 4 January 1980
- Original title
- Postav dom, zasaď strom
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Mikuláš Kováč, Lýdia Ragačová
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Build a House, Plant a Tree runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Build a House, Plant a Tree isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 January 1980. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Build a House, Plant a Tree?
Build a House, Plant a Tree (1980) was directed by Juraj Jakubisko and stars Pavel Nový, Róbert Šurina, Jana Březinová.