The elementary school (film)
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German title | The elementary school |
Original title | Obecná škola |
Country of production | Czechoslovakia |
original language | Czech |
Publishing year | 1991 |
length | 104 minutes |
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Director | Jan Svěrák |
script | Zdeněk Svěrák |
music | Jiří Svoboda |
camera |
Jaroslav Brabec or FA Brabec |
cut | Alois Fišárek |
occupation | |
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chronology | |
Successor → |
The elementary school (original title: Obecná škola ) is a 1991 Czech-Slovak film directed by Jan Svěrák . The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1992 in the category of Best Foreign Language Film .
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The script was written by Zdeněk Svěrák , the director's father, and was based on his memories. The film takes place in the immediate post-war period of 1945 and 1946. The story is told from the perspective of ten-year-old Eda. Eda lives with his friend Tonda, who is the same age, in a village outside of Prague . Her school class is driving the teacher at her school to quit. The teacher is replaced by the strict teacher Igor Hnízdo, who portrays himself as a womanizer and anti-fascist , but is an impostor.
criticism
The lexicon of international film assesses the elementary school as:
“An ironic, weird retrospective of childhood that empathetically adopts the point of view of a ten-year-old; at the same time an interesting contribution to the topic of authority and seducibility. "
useful information
The film, based on the memoirs of his father, was Jan Svěrák's debut as a director and earned him a nomination for an Oscar in 1992. The film is the beginning of a long collaboration between father and son, which resulted in several feature films and a documentary about the father. Together with Kolya (for whom Jan Svěrák finally received the Oscar) and Leergut , the film is considered a trilogy of ages .
With the film Barefoot over the stubble field , Jan Svěrák shot a prehistory of the elementary school in 2017 , which takes place at the time of the German occupation during the Second World War .
Web links
- The elementary school in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The elementary school. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ↑ The elementary school in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ 27th Film Festival Cottbus - Always close to the Oscar , Lausitzer Zeitung from 10 November 2017.
- ↑ a b Zdenek and Jan Sverak in Cottbus , Märkische Allgemeine from November 7, 2017.
- ^ The elementary school. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 27, 2018 .
- ^ The elementary school on Prisma.de
- ^ Portrait of Jan Svěrák on Kino.de
- ^ Empty bottles, full cinemas , Spiegel Online from January 29, 2008.