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 | 2.043 |
Directed By
Karel Steklý
Crew
Karel Steklý
Karel Steklý
Věra Líznerová
Ivana Kuplerová
Ondrej Brezovský
A. Špačková
Vladimír Dvořák
Karel Lukáš
Vladimír Tišer
Anna Mejtská
Ivana Nevolová
Miroslav Pešan
Jiří Aplt
Jaromír Klempíř
Karel Prchal
Jan Vokr
Karel Steklý
Jiří Čermák
Jiří Pechar
Bohumil Koška
Dagmar Štursová
Julius Matula
Jaroslav Kubát
František Uldrich
Antonín Jedlička
Zdena Kadrnožková
Marie Hrdličková
Jan Kohout
Václav Zahradník
Karel Smrž
Jiří Hora
Josef Lojík
Jiří Zika
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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