A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 25, 1944
Original Title:
U pěti veverek
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Lucernafilm
Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 80
Josef Houbička, the owner of the U pěti veverek apartment building in Malostran, is a kind and forgiving good man who allows himself to be ruthlessly oppressed by his proud wife, Filoména, and secretly fixes her problems with the tenants. He lends rent money to two poor painters and bribes offended maids just to keep the house quiet. He would like to restore the old soap factory in the house, but Filoména promotes more profitable garages. And since neither of them wants to back down, Houbička eventually leaves the house after one of the arguments. He makes friends with the innkeeper Pulec, who runs the not-so-prosperous inn At the Leaky Jug...
Assistant Director:
Eduard Šimáček
Director:
Miroslav Cikán
Director of Photography:
Karel Degl
Editor:
Antonín Zelenka
Original Music Composer:
Josef Stelibský
Production Design:
Jan Zázvorka
Production Manager:
Karel Šilhánek
Vilém Brož
Screenplay:
Marta Russová
Miroslav Rutte
Set Decoration:
Ina Kubová-Žáková
Sound:
Stanislav Vondraš
Story:
Marta Russová
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