The story of Obecná škola (The Elementary School - in
Czech) was written by Zděnek Svěrák
who described his own experiences in the post-war Czechoslovakia. First as a
pupil and later also as a teacher. He did it with humor, irony and nostalgia. A
successful mix.
Comedy about post-war Czechoslovakia
The story begins in 1945,
after the World War II. Ten-year-old boy
Eda lives in one of the suburbs of Prague, in Czechoslovakia. He attends the
elementary school and he belongs to a class with no discipline at all. Maxová,
his female teacher gets a breakdown and is replaced by Igor, a reputed war
hero. Despite his strict authoritarian methods, the boys soon become charmed by
the man. Igor were successful if not the girls and their skirts…
The successful Svěrák
family duo
That is the first film of the Svěrák
family duo and the first on time passing and aging. With big history in the
background. The next movie in this trilogy are Kolya (1996) and Empties (2007).
All a kind of comedies and gentle dramas. The Elementary School (1991) was nominated
for an Oscar as "Best Foreign Film" at the 1992 Academy Awards.
Finally, few years later the statuette won Kolya. The Elementary School was the
first non-documentary film directed by Jan Svěrák. We like the Svěrák
father-son duo very much and hope to see their new movies.
Maria&Paul
MORE INFO
Director: Jan Svěrák
Writer: Zděnek Svěrák
Music: Jiři Svoboda
Runtime: 1h 40min
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Premiere: 1991
CAST
Václav Jakoubek - Eda Souček
Radoslav Budác – Tonda
Jan Triška – Igor Hnizdo
Zděnek Svěrák - František
Souček
Libuse Safránková – Mrs. Součková
Rudolf Hrušínský –
schoolmaster
Rudolf Hrušínský jr. – Tonda’s
father
Eva Holubová – Tonda’s mother
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