The House of the Five Squirrels

1h 20m

6.3

Josef Houbička, the owner of the U pěti veverek apartment building in Malostran, is a kind and forgiving good man who allows himself to be ruthlessly oppressed by his proud wife, Filoména, and secretly fixes her problems with the tenants. He lends rent money to two poor painters and bribes offended maids just to keep the house quiet. He would like to restore the old soap factory in the house, but Filoména promotes more profitable garages. And since neither of them wants to back down, Houbička eventually leaves the house after one of the arguments. He makes friends with the innkeeper Pulec, who runs the not-so-prosperous inn At the Leaky Jug...

Cast

Míla Páčová

domácí Filoména Houbičková

Jindřich Plachta

domácí Josef Houbička

Růžena Nasková

majitelka hodinářství Bety Mráčková

hodinářka Míla, dcera Mráčkové

fotografka Lída, dcera Mráčkové

malíř portrétista Jan Rezek

Ladislav Pešek

malíř krajinář Jiří Holec

Jaroslav Průcha

mydlář Antonín Aloyz

Jaroslav Marvan

hostinský "U děravého džbánu" Jan Pulec

František Kreuzmann

podnikatel Anatol Kozel

Helena Bušová

služka u Houbičků Stázi

Jana Dítětová

služka u Houbičků Růžena

Antonín Holzinger

Nelly Gaierová

Ema Kreutzerová

Milada Horutová

Bohuš Záhorský

Jindřich Doležal

Ladislav Janeček

Jindřich Láznička

Emanuel Hříbal

Crew

Miroslav Cikán

Screenplay, Story

Antonín Zelenka

Director of Photography

Eduard Šimáček

Assistant Director

Production Design

Stanislav Vondraš

Josef Stelibský

Original Music Composer

Ina Kubová-Žáková

Karel Šilhánek

Production Manager

Production Manager