Directed by:
Jiří HanibalScreenplay:
Ota HofmanCinematography:
Josef StřechaComposer:
Evžen IllínCast:
Bohuš Záhorský, David Schneider, Darek Vostřel, Jana Štěpánková, Eva Řepíková, Jiří Sýkora, Vítězslav Černý, Milan Mach, Oldřich Velen, Věra Bauerová (more)Plots(1)
The Horáček family has finaly become an owner of awaited new Škoda car. The car, however, must be garaged and there is a desperate lack of space. Daddy Horáček, lawyer, publishes advertisements and asks everywhere around. Finally, he gets a tip from his former client - the old lag Vávra. The space in question is not exactly a garage, but an old shed whose owner is the old man Andrýs. Horáček visits him with his nine-year old son Míša. The old man keeps a broken-down old car and lots of rubbish in his shed and most probably would agree with the sale, but is very hesitant. He keeps putting off the decision only because he has become very fond of little Míša, and thus the visits continue. The old man's world is a great revelation for the small boy and the kid spends all his leisure moments with him. His astonished mother eventually learns from his teacher that Míša sells the Večerní Praha evening paper with the old man. Míša explains to his mother that he is helping Andrýs save up for his funeral and that he himself often feels lonesome. The old man mentioned his three children but he is apparently alone, since he spends even Christmas Eve with the Horáčeks. Eventually, he sells them the shed, but wishes to be paid off in five-crown instalments. He can thus visit Míša on a regular basis and the tolerant parents accept this incongruous friendship between their little son and the old man. At the end, the shed is torn down and the car is again on the street. But the old man has already become a member of the family. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bohuš Záhorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
David Schneider
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Darek Vostřel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Jana Štěpánková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Na útěku (2012) (theatrical recording)
Eva Řepíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Svatba jako řemen (1967)
Hope (1963)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Jiří Sýkora
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Happy End (1967)
The End of a Priest (1968)
Vítězslav Černý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Milan Mach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Oldřich Velen
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Věra Bauerová
Best movies:
The End of Agent W4C (1967)
Červená kůlna (1968)
Štěpánka Řeháková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Kinoautomat: One Man and His House (1967)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
Martin Otava
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Most Beautiful Age (1968)
Čertův švagr (1984) (TV movie)
Ze staré drogerie (1982) (TV movie)
Vladimír Zátka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Ear (1970)
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I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
Ladislav Gzela
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Witchhammer (1969)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Karel Černoch
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
Three Wishes (1958)
Fear (1963)
Václav Halama
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Miloslav Štibich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Jarmila Orlová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
The Cassandra Cat (1963)
Stanislav Petřek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Červená kůlna (1968)
Kočky neberem (1966)