Hroch

Hroch (1973)

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.

Date of release
1973-03-29
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Director
Karel Steklý

Casting

Interesting facts

Hroch is a 1974 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Karel Steklý. The film was meant as a political satire that would be a parable of Prague Spring. The film was notable for negative reception, and is often viewed as the worst Czech film ever made.

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