Sugar House
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In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her two young sons Martin and Ondra move to her deceased husband's native village at the foot of the Kralický Snezník mountains. Life in the borderlands is far from easy for the lonely woman. The village is almost deserted, food supplies are delayed; the Werwolf (Nazi guerrilla squads) are hiding in the mountains, and shooting is heard from time to time. The elder son Ondra (Michal Dlouhý) is helping out his mother and at the same time absorbing intense new experiences. He meets an old Czech resident Skurek (Lubomír Kostelka), German women working in the forest, soldiers from the engineering units removing the mines, and a young first lieutenant. At night he dreams about his dead father whom he loved very much. This is why he runs away from home when he finds out that the lieutenant is courting his mother.
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Jana Švandová
maminka Přibylová
Known for
The Little Mermaid
Michal Dlouhý
Ondra - syn Přibylové
Known for
The Devil's Mistress
Karel Kachyňa
Jiří Brožek
Oldřich Mach
Also in
Shadows of a Hot Summer
Marek Mikuláš
Martin - Ondrův mladší bratr
Also in
Sluníčko na houpačce
Lucy, the Menace of Street
Vladimír Körner
Vladimír Souček
Lubomír Kostelka
správce Škurek
Also in
A Case for a Rookie Hangman
The Flying Cestmir
Jan Čuřík
Marek Mikulás
Martin - Ondruv mladsí bratr
Miroslav Macháček
antifašista Alfred Bartl zvaný Freda
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
The Valley of the Bees
Karel Kachyňa Director · Vladimír Körner Screenplay Luboš Fišer Composer
First release May 1, 1981 · Produced in XC · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
XC
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Original title
Cukrová bouda
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Slovakia · May 1, 1981
XC · May 22, 1981
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
July 24, 2015 · Summer Film School
Hungary
December 5, 1985
Sweden
November 29, 1985
Uruguay
June 25, 1982 · Cinemateca Uruguaya
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