Lemonade Joe

Limonádový Joe
Directed byOldřich Lipský
Written by
Produced byJaroslav Jílovec
Starring
Music by
Production
companies
Bratri v Triku
Kratky Film Praha
Barrandov Studios (live action)
Distributed by
Release dates
  • August 28, 1964 (1964-08-28) (East Germany)
  • October 1964 (1964-10) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Lemonade Joe, or the Horse Opera (Czech: Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera) is a 1964 Czechoslovak musical comedy film, directed by Oldřich Lipský and written by Jiří Brdečka, based on his novel and stage play.

A parody of the American Western, the film centers on a clean-living, soft-drink-selling gunfighter who takes on a town full of whiskey-swilling cowboys. The name of the eponymous hero is a pun, since the Czech word for a soft drink, limonáda, can also be used figuratively in reference to a cheap, sentimental love-story.[citation needed]