Hroch (1973)
Overview
The bank officer Bedrich Hroch is sent by the bank director to the zoo, which asked an allocation of one and half kg of gold for a gold tooth for a hippo. During the check up of the hippo's teeth Bedrich is swallowed by the hippo. The man does not die in the hippo's guts and he chats quite happily with his frightened wife Dása. Journalist Pip Karen, his friend is also present to the dialogue and he has immediately an idea how to use this special situation. He tells to the new minister Borovec and his opponent professor Fibinger that there is a hippo in the zoo which can speak. He also tells them how to use this situation for a political propaganda.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 0.54 |
Directed By
Karel Steklý
Crew
Karel Steklý
Karel Steklý
Ivana Nevolová
Vladimír Dvořák
A. Špačková
Jiří Aplt
Vladimír Tišer
Karel Prchal
Miroslav Pešan
Věra Líznerová
Karel Lukáš
Ondrej Brezovský
Anna Mejtská
Jaromír Klempíř
Ivana Kuplerová
Jan Vokr
Karel Steklý
Jiří Pechar
Julius Matula
František Uldrich
Jaroslav Kubát
Karel Smrž
Zdena Kadrnožková
Jiří Čermák
Josef Lojík
Marie Hrdličková
Václav Zahradník
Jiří Zika
Jan Kohout
Bohumil Koška
Dagmar Štursová
Jiří Hora
Antonín Jedlička
Pavel Nečesal
TOP CAST
Oldo Hlaváček
Bedřich Hroch
Helga Čočková
Dáša
Svatopluk Matyáš
Pip Karen
Helena Blehárová
Soňa
Miroslav Homola
ministr Borovec
Zdena Hadrbolcová
Plašilová
Eduard Dubský
prof. Fibinger
Jiří Lír
ošetřovatel
Slávka Budínová
Majka
Josef Větrovec
ředitel zoo
Ivana Bílková
Bláža
Jiřina Zemanová
Woman with a Dog
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