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Hroch

Hroch

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

3/10

Release Date

29 March 1973

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Oldo Hlaváček

Oldo Hlaváček

Bedřich Hroch

Helga Čočková

Helga Čočková

Dáša

Svatopluk Matyáš

Svatopluk Matyáš

Pip Karen

Helena Blehárová

Helena Blehárová

Soňa

Miroslav Homola

Miroslav Homola

ministr Borovec

Zdena Hadrbolcová

Zdena Hadrbolcová

Plašilová

Eduard Dubský

Eduard Dubský

prof. Fibinger

Jiří Lír

Jiří Lír

ošetřovatel

Slávka Budínová

Slávka Budínová

Majka

Josef Větrovec

Josef Větrovec

ředitel zoo

Jiří Holý

Jiří Holý

Oldřich Velen

Oldřich Velen

Jan Skopeček

Jan Skopeček

Josef Kobr

Josef Kobr

Miloš Willig

Miloš Willig

Tomáš Sedláček

Tomáš Sedláček

Josef Hlinomaz

Josef Hlinomaz

Karel Hábl

Karel Hábl

Ivana Bílková

Ivana Bílková

Bláža

Jan Pohan

Jan Pohan

Jiří Jelínek

Jiří Jelínek

Bert Schneider

Bert Schneider

Vladimír Hrubý

Vladimír Hrubý

Karel Hovorka

Karel Hovorka

Jaroslav Cmíral

Jaroslav Cmíral

Josef Bádal

Josef Bádal

Milan Mach

Milan Mach

Miloš Vavruška

Miloš Vavruška

Jana Sedlmajerová

Jana Sedlmajerová

Eduard Pavlíček

Eduard Pavlíček

Viktor Maurer

Viktor Maurer

Vladimír Bičík

Vladimír Bičík

Jiřina Zemanová

Jiřina Zemanová

Woman with a Dog

Martin Vrabec

Martin Vrabec

Jiří Šulc

Jiří Šulc

Miloslav Svoboda

Miloslav Svoboda

Oldřich Hoblík

Oldřich Hoblík

Miroslav Laňka

Miroslav Laňka

Petr Kučera

Petr Kučera

Jiří Ondroušek

Jiří Ondroušek

Dagmar Štursová

Dagmar Štursová

Vratislava Jelínková

Vratislava Jelínková

Václav Luks

Václav Luks

Renata Bauerová

Renata Bauerová

Vlastimila Vlková

Vlastimila Vlková

Jiří Kasík

Jiří Kasík

Milan Kindl

Milan Kindl

Otakar Rademacher

Otakar Rademacher

Zdeněk Srstka

Zdeněk Srstka

Jaroslav Tomsa

Jaroslav Tomsa

Olga Fleischerová

Olga Fleischerová

Dancer

Tomáš Hanták

Tomáš Hanták

Dancer

Anna Hantáková

Anna Hantáková

Dancer

Marie Libigerová

Marie Libigerová

Dancer

Lubomír Mohyla

Lubomír Mohyla

Dancer

Běla Sobotková

Běla Sobotková

Dancer

Václav Štádler

Václav Štádler

Dancer

Jiří Vrzal

Jiří Vrzal

Dancer

Václav Zahradník

Václav Zahradník

Orchestra Conductor

Karel Bejlek

Karel Bejlek

Musician

Vladimír Brož

Vladimír Brož

Musician

Miloslav Bureš

Miloslav Bureš

Musician

Vít Clar

Vít Clar

Musician

Petr Fleischer

Petr Fleischer

Musician

Emanuel Hrdina

Emanuel Hrdina

Musician

Vladimír Hruška

Vladimír Hruška

Musician

Viktor Hynčica

Viktor Hynčica

Musician

Zdeněk John

Zdeněk John

Musician

Otto Kotýnek

Otto Kotýnek

Musician

Mirko Krebs

Mirko Krebs

Musician

Václav Matouš

Václav Matouš

Musician

Luboš Nývlt

Luboš Nývlt

Musician

Jiří Pelikán

Jiří Pelikán

Musician

Jan Pospíšil

Jan Pospíšil

Musician

Petr Smolík

Petr Smolík

Musician

Petr Šprunk

Petr Šprunk

Musician

Jaroslav Tichý

Jaroslav Tichý

Musician

Vlastimil Voňavka

Vlastimil Voňavka

Musician

Miloš Vychytil

Miloš Vychytil

Musician

Blažena Holišová

Blažena Holišová

Bláža (voice)

Věra Kalendová

Věra Kalendová

Woman with a Dog (voice)

Mirko Musil

Mirko Musil

Various Voices (voice)

Antonín Jedlička

Antonín Jedlička

Parrot (voice)

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