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The Elementary School

The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict – but also very fair. His weakness though, is his interest in young women.

1h 40m1991TMDb 7.3

ComedyDrama

Czech

Crew and Cast

Jan SvěrákJan SvěrákDirectorVáclav JakoubekVáclav JakoubekEda Souček
Radoslav BudáčTonda ČejkaJan TřískaJan TřískaIgor HnízdoZdeněk SvěrákZdeněk SvěrákFan Souček · Eda's dadLibuše ŠafránkováLibuše ŠafránkováMrs. SoučkováRudolf HrušínskýRudolf HrušínskýHeadmaster
Marek EndalRosenheimIrena PavláskováIrena PavláskováTramvajákováOndřej VetchýOndřej VetchýTramvajákDaniela KolářováDaniela KolářováMaxováEva HolubováEva HolubováČejkováRudolf HrušínskýRudolf HrušínskýBohouš Čejka
Iva ŠkudrnováKvěta Fabiánová
Miroslava ŠkudrnováRůža FabiánováPetr ČepekPetr ČepekRádži TamilBolek PolívkaBolek PolívkaPlíha · Tonda's NeighborOldřich VlachOldřich VlachJanitorPetr BruknerPetr BruknerBus driver PepíkKarla ChadimováKarla ChadimováPost ClerkKarel KachyňaKarel KachyňaSchool inspectorMiroslava PleštilováMiroslava PleštilováPlecitáAlice Šnirychová-DvořákováAlice Šnirychová-DvořákováThe twins' mother · Mrs. FabiánováZdeněk MuchaZdeněk MuchaInnkeeper Lukeš
Bořivoj PencAccordion player Ferda Kavka
Ladislav ChroustSkokan
Taťána PuttováMlejnková
Viktor NejedlýPorterJiří MenzelJiří MenzelGynecologist MUDr. Kalaban
Olga VohryzkováRosenheimová
Rudolf HammerVaněk

Storyline

The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict – but also very fair. His weakness though, is his interest in young women.

  • Filmové studio Barrandov

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Info

Original title
Obecná škola
Status
Released
Released
8 August 1991
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB score
7.3 / 10 (69 votes)

Production

Director
Jan Svěrák
Writers
Zdeněk Svěrák
Studios
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia

Languages

Original
Czech
Spoken
Czech