The Galoshes of Happiness (1987)
Galoše šťastia
The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with West German companies based on classic world fairy tales. After Slovak folk tales [The Greatest Peck in the World, Salt Over Gold] and the works of German fairy tale writers Wilhelm Hauff [The False Prince] and the Brothers Grimm [The Land of the Thrush's Beard, Perinbaba], screenwriter Alex Koenigsmark and director Juraj Herz were inspired by the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It tells the story of slippers that the Fairy of Fortune enchanted so that they would fulfill every human wish and thus bring people happiness. The filmmakers humorously transferred the plot from Copenhagen to old Prague.
- Date of release
- 1987-04-01
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Family, Fantasy
- Director
- Juraj Herz
Casting
- Jana Brejchová — Glücksfee/Sorgenfee
- Towje Kleiner — Assistenzarzt
- José Luis López Vázquez — Schulrat
- Marek Brodský — Student
- Miroslav Donutil — Kapitän
- Vlado Müller — Kutscher
- Vladimír Javorský — Schreiber
- Andrej Hryc — Major
- Jan Hrušínský — Junger Leutnant
- Tereza Pokorná-Herzová — Mina
- Juraj Herz
- Július Vašek
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