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.
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Oldo Hlaváček
Bedřich Hroch
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Sváko Ragan
Helga Čočková
Dáša
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Svatopluk Matyáš
Pip Karen
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Der Ochsenkrieg
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Helena Blehárová
Soňa
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Lady on the Tracks
The Harder They Fall
Miroslav Homola
ministr Borovec
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Krakatit
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Zdena Hadrbolcová
Plašilová
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Wasteland
The Flying Cestmir
Eduard Dubský
prof. Fibinger
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A Christmas Dream
Death in the Saddle
Jiří Lír
ošetřovatel
Known for
The Cremator
Morgiana
Slávka Budínová
Majka
Known for
Kolya
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Josef Větrovec
ředitel zoo
Known for
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Jiří Holý
Known for
Witchhammer
Oldřich Velen
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Karel Steklý Director · Jaromír Klempíř Composer František Uldrich Cinematographer
First release March 29, 1973 · Produced in XC
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
XC
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · March 29, 1973
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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