The read
A Balasaur Score of 64 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10. It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Matej and Jenda, two of the eight children of the poor Pelc family in the Giant Mountains, help in a glass works where the oldest brother Francek works. They hide into a tub not to be seen by supervisors checking on the ban of children labor. They miss the Epiphany carol (songs and treats door-to-door) and all neighbor village boys again on them in all the neighbor houses. On their way home they are passed by a fast moving big man with a large backpack. The boys send the customs officers, who are pursuing the strange man, to the opposite direction. The man then thanks them and rewards them the next day. Based on fairy-tales and legends the boys think the man is Krakonos (the giant living and ruling in the Giant Mountains).
Ratings
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Věra Plívová-ŠimkováDirector
- Jana KnitlováScreenplay
- Petr HapkaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Milan PadalíkJenda Pelč
- Jan KreidlMatěj, Jendův bratr
- Viktor KrálVítek Trompetr, syn hospodského
- Vanda KrňanskáRozicka Vichrová
- Ondřej HavelkaUčitel
- Karel HeřmánekPašerák
- Jiří PrýmekVrchní financ
- Karel AugustaHospodský Trompetr
- Václav Helšuskolár Vichr
- Jiří ŽákOtec Pelc
- Michaela Bendovámatka Pelcová
- Jiří ZahajskýSkelmistr