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The Elementary School

1991 1h 40m Comedy List
Reviews 93% Audience Score 250+ Ratings
In postwar Czechoslovakia, two young boys are in awe of an alleged war hero who has become their school's new teacher. Read More Read Less

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times [The Elementary School] a warm-hearted movie, and it has its moments of comic inspiration, but it's too rambling and unwound. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 19, 2005 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Rated: 3/5 Jul 2, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This nominee for Best Foreign Language Academy Award is a recollection of the director's bittersweet childhood memories in rural Czechoslovakia during the years after the defeat of Nazis and before the dark days of totalitarian Communist rule. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Funny, charming episodic film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member a pak ze tu nejsou cesky filmy :) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member "Obecna skola" is probably the best of Sverak's films. It is a strong and true film. You can feel that Sverak created a film about himself and about pastwar time, time of his childhood that formed his life attidudes. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Another sour reminder that in terms of cinema we have a lot to learn from our southern neighbours. Great film! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Zabavna ceska gorko-slatka komedijica! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In postwar Czechoslovakia, two young boys are in awe of an alleged war hero who has become their school's new teacher.
Director
Jan Sverák
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Czech
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
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