Directed by:
Karel KachyňaCinematography:
Josef IllíkComposer:
Miloš VacekCast:
Michal Koblic, Marie Magdolenová, Vladimír Hlavatý, Gustáv Valach, Vladimír Menšík, Oldřich Musil, Martin Ťapák, Stanislav Remunda, Miloslav Holub (more)Plots(1)
The film tells the story of a small Czech boy, František Bureš, freed by the Soviet Army from a Nazi concentration camp, who ends up fighting with Czechoslovak soldiers at the Dukla Pass. The soldiers from the field laundry he's assigned to love him. But Práče – nicknamed after the smallest of Hussite fighters – doesn't like it at the laundry. He tries to get into combat to prove his bravery. The soldiers then decide to teach František how to handle the gun and send him as a link to the artillery. The boy finally sees a real battlefield... (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Václav Hladík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
Looking Back (1968)
Náš dědek Josef (1976)
Antonín Černý
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
Dvacátý devátý (1974)
Hněv (1977)
Ladislav Trojan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Blboun (2001) (theatrical recording)
Irena Zintlová
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
Jaroslav Koutník
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
Můj přítel d'Artagnan (1989)
Arnošt Borovec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
Kamenný řád (1975) (series)
Únosy bez výkupného (1983) (TV movie)
Miloš Mulač
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
František Suk
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The White Lady (1965)
The Secret of Blood (1953)