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8.1/10   983 votes
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Director:

Jan Sverák

Writers:

Zdenek Sverák (story)
Zdenek Sverák (screenplay)

Release Date:

October 1993 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Comedy more

Plot:

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

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins more

User Comments:

A delight more (5 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Elementary School (International: English title)
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Runtime:

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

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby


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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
A delight, 19 December 1999
9/10
Author: Mattias Thuresson from Stockholm, Sweden

A delightful little movie that makes you feel good inside after watching it. I saw it the first time at a movie festival in Pisek in what was then Czechoslovakia in the summer of 1991 and when I see it now it's like going back there again.

Advertised as a movie for children in the newspapers, I beg to differ. Children will enjoy it but it is also suitable for a mature audience.

Kind of similar to Lasse Hallström's My Life as a Dog.

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