Behold Homolka (1970)
Ecce homo Homolka
This light comedy finds a Czech taxi driver taking his family on a weekend outing in the country. His wife, daughter-in-law, son and two grandchildren are the passengers who disturb the solitude of two young lovers. While the women attend the horse races, the father sits home getting drunk and watching football. The overweight daughter-in-law is upset because she has blown her chances to become a ballerina. All members of the family are caught up in their own individual problems in this realistically portrayed family comedy
- Date of release
- 1970-03-08
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Jaroslav Papoušek
- Collection
- Homolka Collection
Casting
- Josef Šebánek — děda Homolka
- Marie Motlová — babi Homolková
- František Husák — Ludva
- Helena Růžičková — Hedus
- Petr Forman — Péťa
- Matěj Forman — Máťa
- Yvonne Kodoňová — Pavlínka
- Miroslav Jelínek — Jirka
- Jiří Dědík
- Růžena Pružinová
- Karel Fridrich — Man in window
- Julie Kučerová-Nezavdalová
Interesting facts
Behold Homolka is a Czech comedy film directed by Jaroslav Papoušek. It was released in 1970.
Production
In the role of the grandfather Papoušek cast Josef Šebánek, with whom he already worked on Loves of a Blonde, Firemen's Ball and The Most Beautiful Age. In the roles of the twins he cast Miloš Forman's sons Petr and Matěj.
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