The Elementary School

Drama, Comedy

The Elementary School

Original title: Obecná škola
Director: Jan Svěrák
Screenplay: Zdeněk Svěrák
Director of Photography: František A. Brabec
Editor: Alois Fišárek
Music: Jiří Svoboda
Print source: Biograf Jan Svěrák
Country: Czechoslovakia
Year of production: 1991
Length (min): 97
Language: Czech
Subtitles: English
Sales: Biograf Jan Svěrák
Section: Profil: Daniela Kolářová
Genre: Drama, Comedy

Just after the war, Eda and his friend Tonda attend a boys' class at an elementary school in a Prague suburb. One day, their pranks drive their teacher crazy, and Igor Hnízdo arrives as a substitute to enforce strict discipline. Now a legendary film, it was the directorial debut of Jan Svěrák, based on the screenplay by his father, Zdeněk Svěrák. The cast full of famous Czech actors is rightfully ruled by Jan Tříska as Igor Hnízdo.


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