Film detail | Shoes Named Melichar

Bota jménem Melichar

Marcela Pittermannová

Country: Czech Republic
Language: Czech
Subtitles: (No Subtitles)
Directed by: Zdeněk Troška
Year: 1983
Length: 70`
Rating: 6
Story: Jana Knitlová
Screenplay: Jana Knitlová
Director of Photography: Josef Hanuš
Music: Karel Vágner
Edited by: Eva Bobková
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov

Synopsis: The heroes of the story are the young 1st-grader Honzík, trying to get failing marks so that he can return to kindergarten; his older sister Jolanka, who likes her classmate Radim and inadvertently becomes suspected of stealing some expensive shoes; and the young teacher Adamová, continuously dogged by bad luck. She can't convince the janitor to take away the collected chestnuts, she continuously drops off her workbooks, breaks the new shoe cabinet, and the school principle constantly reprimands her for forgetting to lock the school pavilion. The situation in this impractically constructed school gets serious when somebody starts stealing the school kids' jackets. Fortunately, Honzik is there and he catches sight of an unknown lady in the school. And when he's unable to inform Radim, he plans to follow her himself.

Zdeněk Troška: Zdeněk Troška (1953) graduated in directing from FAMU. He made his debut with the children's comedy Shoes Named Melihar (Bota jménem Melichar, 1983) and gained success among audiences with the film trilogy Sun, Hay, Strawberries (Slunce, seno, jahody, 1983), Sun, Hay and a Slap (Slunce, seno a pár facek, 1989), and Sun, Hay, Erotica (Slunce, seno, erotika, 1991), as well as with the classic fairytales Princess Jasněnka and the Flying Cobbler (O princezně Jasněnce a létajícím ševci, 1987), Princess from the Mill 1 & 2 (Princezna ze mlejna 1, 2, 1994, 1999), and Helluva Good Luck 1 & 2 (Z pekla štěstí 1 a 2, 1999, 2001). From his latest works we'll mention the comedies The Doctor from Hippopotamus Lake (Doktor od jezera hrochů, 2009) and Babovřesky (2013).

Where and when Shoes Named Melichar is screened

Where	When	Reservation
Golden Apple Cinema, č. 6	May 28th at 13:10	N/A

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