Obecná skola (1991)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Jan Sverák

Writers:

Zdenek Sverák (story)
Zdenek Sverák (screenplay)

Release Date:

October 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school...

Plot Keywords:

Writing With Foot | Young Boy | Classmate | Letter | Bathroom

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins

Cast

Jan Triska	...	Igor Hnizdo
Zdenek Sverák	...	Fanous Soucek, Eda's father
Libuse Safránková	...	Mrs. Souckova
Rudolf Hrusínský	...	Schoolmaster
Irena Pavlásková	...	Tram driver's wife
Ondrej Vetchý	...	Tram driver
Daniela Kolárová	...	Maxová, teacher
Eva Holubová	...	Cejkova, Tonda's mother
Rudolf Hrusínský	...	Cejka, Tonda's father (as Rudolf Hrusínsky Jr.)
Iva Skudrnova	...	Kveta Fabianova
Miroslava Skudrnová	...	Reza Fabianova
Alice Dvorakova	...	Mrs. Fabianova
Petr Cepek	...	Magician Radzi Tamil aka Josef Mrázek
Bolek Polívka	...	Plíha - Tonda's Neighbor
Zdenek Mucha

Also Known As:

The Elementary School (International: English title)

Runtime:

100 min | Argentina:102 min | Spain:104 min

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Spain:T

Company:

Filmové Studio Barrandov

Sweet, funny but also dark.

Igor Hnizdo (Jan Triska) arrives as a new tough teacher to work in the elementary school in a small Czechoslovakian town just after the WWII. The movie reflects many of the dark aspects of the Czechoslovakian history. They're being told with a lot of sense for humour but in fact are not so funny because of the historical facts. Scholars are growing within the time background of the 1945 (end of the war) and 1948 (Communistic overthrown) which makes otherwise sweet and funny movie somehow dark from perspective that you know how bad future lies in front of them.