The Explosion Will Be at Five
6.5
This tale is about young Ludvik (Robert Nespor) an erstwhile, budding scientist whose practical sense leads him to experiment before his common sense has figured out the results. Due to that unfortunate pattern, he variously floods the bathroom while working on displacement of volume and weight in water, he shatters the harvest pumpkins but not the law of gravity, and now he is eyeing the neighbor's rabbits for an electricity experiment. While the rabbits remain safe for awhile, Ludvik's parents wish he would follow in their more traditional footsteps and dedicate himself to music. Instead, Ludvik has learned that the proper mixture of a certain carbide and water can be explosive, and while he works on that technique, a friend tips off the physics teacher about these potentially disastrous plans.
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Cast
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Robert Nešpor
Ludvík
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Mahulena Bočanová
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Josef Pinkava
Alena Vostrá
Jiří Hálek
Lumír
Known for
The Cremator
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Lubor Tokoš
Matěj
Known for
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
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Oldřich Slavík
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Zdena Hadrbolcová
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Wasteland
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Václav Babka
Known for
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
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Zdeněk Blažek
Buchtele
Also in
Secluded, Near Woods
Hříšní lidé města pražského
Daniel Dítě
Učitel
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Rytmus 1934
Mahulena Bocanová
Josef Pinkava Director · Alena Vostrá Screenplay Zdeněk John Composer
First release January 1, 1984 · Produced in XC · Working title Výbuch bude v šest
Production
Filmové studio Gottwaldov
Production
XC
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Výbuch bude v šest
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Languages
Original title
Výbuch bude v pět
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · January 1, 1984
XC · June 1, 1985
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No release date listed for United States.
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