Hroch

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 29, 1973

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Josef Bádal,Václav Štádler,Vratislava Jelínková,Helena Blehárová,Josef Větrovec,Miloslav Bureš,Karel Bejlek,Viktor Hynčica,Zdena Hadrbolcová,Vladimír Hrubýand 73 more

Director

Karel Steklý

Writer

Jiří Aplt,Karel Steklý

Cinematography

František Uldrich

Music

Jaromír Klempíř

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0174757