Obecná skola (1991)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

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

Tom Sawyer with a very thoughtful and serious undertone

Shortly after the end of WWII, a new male teacher starts in a grammar school in a quiet poor suburb of a city in Central Europe. This former officer in a uniform with a REAL PISTOL and always a war story at hand catches the hearts of all boys very quickly. When you are a young boy, the world is so full of adventures! But sooner or later you will learn that life is more then just boy games and adventures ... Althoug The Elementary School might be seen as a movie for young boys, it also brings with it a very serious hidden message (contrary to Oscar winning Kolya of the same director). If you look away from the child games and small rascalities, the true central character is Eda's father. The movie consist of memories of an old man who recapitulates his childhood and his relation to a strong fatherly figure in his family. It is about lost childhood, lost innocence and the first questioning whether my father is really the best, greatest, wisest, strongest etc. man in the world. This is even more important line of the story then the Tom-Sawyer-like undertakings. And the movie is really good ...