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Golden Eels

Golden Eels

20076.11h 23m

Overview

A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.

Directed by Karel Kachyňa
Written by Dušan Hamšík, Pavel Kopta, Karel Kachyňa
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Top Cast

Vladimír Menšík

Vladimír Menšík

tatínek

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Slávka Španková

maminka

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

Prošek

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Martin Mikuláš

Prdelka

Radoslav Brzobohatý

Radoslav Brzobohatý

Rozvědčík

Eliška Balzerová

Eliška Balzerová

Rozvědčíková

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Tomáš Murdych

bráška

M

Michal Vejrostek

bráška

Z

Zdeněk Martínek

Janouch

Karel Augusta

Karel Augusta

hajný

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookcoming of ageart house

About Golden Eels

Golden Eels is a tv movie, drama, family film released in 2007 exploring themes of based on novel or book, coming of age, art house. Directed by Karel Kachyňa, it stars Vladimír Menšík, Slávka Španková, Rudolf Hrušínský. A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.

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