The Elementary School (1991)
- Original title
- Obecná škola
- Directed by
- Jan Svěrák
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, war film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 64 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of rowdy boys in a post-war Prague school get a stern new teacher who is a war hero. He tries to control the class while facing accusations about his private life.
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What happens
The Elementary School (Czech: Obecná škola) is a 1991 Czechoslovak comedy-drama film directed by Jan Svěrák. The screenplay comes from the pen of his father Zdeněk Svěrák. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991 and is considered to belong among the best Czechoslovak films ever. A prequel, Barefoot, was released in 2017. The film is set in the early post-war period, in a suburban elementary school in Prague's vicinity. A war hero is hired as a teacher, and asked to discipline an unruly class of boys. He soon earns their respect, but he is threatened with termination over his reputed sexual relationship with two highschool girls. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Tichá bolest (1991)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.