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Hroch
Genres
ComedyFantasy
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
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
95 min
Release Date
1973-03-29
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
3
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Oldo Hlaváček
Bedřich Hroch
Helga Čočková
Dáša
Svatopluk Matyáš
Pip Karen
Helena Blehárová
Soňa
Miroslav Homola
ministr Borovec
Zdena Hadrbolcová
Plašilová
Eduard Dubský
prof. Fibinger
Jiří Lír
ošetřovatel
Slávka Budínová
Majka
Josef Větrovec
ředitel zoo
Jiří Holý
Oldřich Velen
Jan Skopeček
Josef Kobr
Miloš Willig
Tomáš Sedláček
Josef Hlinomaz
Karel Hábl
Ivana Bílková
Bláža
Jan Pohan
Jiří Jelínek
Bert Schneider
Vladimír Hrubý
Karel Hovorka
Jaroslav Cmíral
Josef Bádal
Milan Mach
Miloš Vavruška
Jana Sedlmajerová
Eduard Pavlíček
Viktor Maurer
Vladimír Bičík
Jiřina Zemanová
Woman with a Dog
Martin Vrabec
Jiří Šulc
Miloslav Svoboda
Oldřich Hoblík
Miroslav Laňka
Petr Kučera
Jiří Ondroušek
Dagmar Štursová
Vratislava Jelínková
Václav Luks
Renata Bauerová
Vlastimila Vlková
Jiří Kasík
Milan Kindl
Otakar Rademacher
Zdeněk Srstka
Jaroslav Tomsa
Olga Fleischerová
Dancer
Tomáš Hanták
Dancer
Anna Hantáková
Dancer
Marie Libigerová
Dancer
Lubomír Mohyla
Dancer
Běla Sobotková
Dancer
Václav Štádler
Dancer
Jiří Vrzal
Dancer
Václav Zahradník
Orchestra Conductor
Karel Bejlek
Musician
Vladimír Brož
Musician
Miloslav Bureš
Musician
Vít Clar
Musician
Petr Fleischer
Musician
Emanuel Hrdina
Musician
Vladimír Hruška
Musician
Viktor Hynčica
Musician
Zdeněk John
Musician
Otto Kotýnek
Musician
Mirko Krebs
Musician
Václav Matouš
Musician
Luboš Nývlt
Musician
Jiří Pelikán
Musician
Jan Pospíšil
Musician
Petr Smolík
Musician
Petr Šprunk
Musician
Jaroslav Tichý
Musician
Vlastimil Voňavka
Musician
Miloš Vychytil
Musician
Blažena Holišová
Bláža (voice)
Věra Kalendová
Woman with a Dog (voice)
Mirko Musil
Various Voices (voice)
Antonín Jedlička
Parrot (voice)
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