
Plot
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. In school, their class is so wild and indisciplined that their teacher quits and is replaced by the militant Igor Hnidzo. He is very strict – but also very fair. His weakness though, is his interest in young women.
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Cast

Václav Jakoubek
Eda Souček

Radoslav Budáč
Tonda Čejka

Jan Tříska
Igor Hnízdo

Zdeněk Svěrák
Fan Souček, Eda's dad

Libuše Šafránková
Mrs. Součková

Rudolf Hrušínský
Headmaster

Marek Endal
Rosenheim

Irena Pavlásková
Tramvajáková

Ondřej Vetchý
Tramvaják

Daniela Kolářová
Maxová

Eva Holubová
Čejková

Rudolf Hrušínský
Bohouš Čejka

Iva Škudrnová
Květa Fabiánová

Miroslava Škudrnová
Růža Fabiánová

Petr Čepek
Rádži Tamil

Bolek Polívka
Plíha, Tonda's Neighbor

Oldřich Vlach
Janitor

Petr Brukner
Bus driver Pepík

Karla Chadimová
Post Clerk

Karel Kachyňa
School inspector

Miroslava Pleštilová
Plecitá

Alice Šnirychová-Dvořáková
The twins' mother, Mrs. Fabiánová

Zdeněk Mucha
Innkeeper Lukeš

Bořivoj Penc
Accordion player Ferda Kavka

Ladislav Chroust
Skokan

Taťána Puttová
Mlejnková

Viktor Nejedlý
Porter

Jiří Menzel
Gynecologist MUDr. Kalaban

Olga Vohryzková
Rosenheimová

Rudolf Hammer
Vaněk

Stanislav Hájek

Růžena Svěráková

Michal Škrabal
Dušička

Jaroslav Slánský
Lerch

Martin Janda
Máček

Jan Demeter
Lakatoš

Filip Lim
Chramosta

Tomáš Krejčík
Potužník

Jaroslav Kudláček
Potužník

Václav Chalupa
Stavinoha

Michal Lajtkep
Schoolkid

Jaroslav Ježek
Schoolkid

Jan Kasala
Schoolkid

Tomáš Procházka
Schoolkid

Marek Pelc
Schoolkid

Pavel Kučera
Schoolkid

Tomáš Jákl
Schoolkid

Martin Pětioký
Schoolkid

Ivo Hasalík
Schoolkid

Karel Kmoch
Schoolkid

Michal Škrabák
Schoolkid

Jiří Tala
Schoolkid

Jiří Prückner
Schoolkid

Petra Bžunková
Schoolkid

Hynek Votoček
Schoolkid

Jiří Peterka
Schoolkid

Zlata Adamovská
Post Clerk (voice)

Jan Hraběta
Skokan (voice)