The Elementary School
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.
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)
Jan Svěrák
Director
Alois Fišárek
Editor
F. A. Brabec
Director of Photography
Zdeněk Svěrák
Story
Zdeněk Svěrák
Screenplay
Jiří F. Svoboda
Original Music Composer
Miloslav Vydra
Creative Producer
Dana Dudová
Executive Producer
František Nejedlý
First Assistant Director
Hana Hebrová
First Assistant Director
Gabriela Muchová
Second Assistant Director
Jan Hraběta
Second Assistant Director
Ivana Adamovská
Second Assistant Director
Václav Šašek
Dramaturgy
Ladislav Chroust
Camera Operator
Václav Zajíček
Assistant Camera
Vladimír Labský
Production Design
Gabriela Kubenová
Production Design
Michal Erazim
Set Decoration
Jiří Matějka
Set Decoration
Eva Slívová
Set Decoration
Robert Vlček
Set Decoration
Jan Kropáček
Costume Design
Ludmila Ondráčková
Costumer
Dana Chaloupková
Costumer
Mária Hubáčková
Costumer
Marta Jenčová
Costumer
František Příhoda
Makeup & Hair
Božena Došlá
Makeup & Hair
Zdena Prchlíková
Makeup & Hair
Barbora Makovcová
Assistant Editor
Jiří Kříž
Sound
Jiří Moudrý
Sound
Boris Masník
Special Effects
Jiří Šimůnek
Special Effects
Jaroslav Kolman
Pyrotechnician
Jaromír Lukáš
Production Manager
Jiří Synek
Unit Production Manager
Antonín Pražský
Unit Production Manager
Dagmar Pitráková
Unit Production Manager
Josef Basakin
Assistant Production Manager
Pavel Bačkovský
Assistant Production Manager
Vladimír Švestka
Assistant Production Manager
Jaroslav Tomsa
Technical Advisor
Monika Machytková
Clapper Loader
Alena Červená
Still Photographer
Jaroslav Trousil
Still Photographer
Štěpán Koníček
Conductor