Three Wishes
7.5
The sad hero of the story, Petr, an ordinary lawyer in a construction company, is crowded into a small apartment in Žižkov with his wife and grandparents, desperately struggling with the lack of money. One day he offers an old man a seat on a crowded trolley bus and is generously rewarded for his good deed, for the unknown old man is a fabulous grandfather. He gives Peter a magic bell and the opportunity to make three wishes, but the first two slip through his fingers. For the third, the astonished man must take time to think...
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Rade Marković
Petr Holeček
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Tatjana Beljakova
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Růžena Lysenková
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Elmar Klos Director · Ján Kadár Director Vratislav Blažek Screenplay
First release January 1, 1959 · Produced in XC · Languages Czech, English, French, German
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
XC
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Languages
Original title
Tři přání
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · French · German
Release dates
XC · January 1, 1959
Premiere · 1st Festival of the Czechoslovak Film Banská Bystrica
XC · June 21, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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