Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997)
The result of a clash between two intellectual forces: the artist's irrepressible creative instinct and the equally irrepressible instinct of the small Czech self-sufficient farmer. While on the one hand we see an admirable effort to understand and portray the world and get to the essence of human behavior, on the other hand we encounter only a mundane effort to dry a few mushrooms for the winter. In the case of this play, Josef Padevět's small, bitter world unfortunately prevails.
Director: Ladislav Smoljak
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Ladislav Smoljak as Gamekeeper / Baron Walter von Grünbach / Wassermann |
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Jan Hraběta as Parson |
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Bořivoj Penc as Marta / Innkeeper / Servant |
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Zdeněk Svěrák as Physician |
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Genadij Rumlena as Bobeš |
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Michal Weigel as Papousek |
| Writing | Ladislav Smoljak | Writer |
| Directing | Ladislav Smoljak | Director |
| Writing | Zdeněk Svěrák | Writer |