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The Elementary School
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The Elementary School

1991-08-08 · 100 min · ★ 7.3

Comedy · Drama

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.

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Directors
Jan Svěrák
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

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Václav JakoubekVáclav JakoubekEda Souček
Radoslav BudáčTonda Čejka
Jan TřískaJan TřískaIgor Hnízdo
Zdeněk SvěrákZdeněk SvěrákFan Souček, Eda's dad
Libuše ŠafránkováLibuše ŠafránkováMrs. Součková
Rudolf HrušínskýRudolf HrušínskýHeadmaster
Marek EndalRosenheim
Irena PavláskováIrena PavláskováTramvajáková
Ondřej VetchýOndřej VetchýTramvaják
Daniela KolářováDaniela KolářováMaxová
Eva HolubováEva HolubováČejková
Rudolf HrušínskýRudolf HrušínskýBohouš Čejka
Iva ŠkudrnováKvěta Fabiánová
Miroslava ŠkudrnováRůža Fabiánová
Petr ČepekPetr ČepekRádži Tamil
Bolek PolívkaBolek PolívkaPlíha, Tonda's Neighbor
Oldřich VlachOldřich VlachJanitor
Petr BruknerPetr BruknerBus driver Pepík
Karla ChadimováKarla ChadimováPost Clerk
Karel KachyňaKarel KachyňaSchool inspector

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