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The Elementary School

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In postwar Czechoslovakia, two young boys are in awe of an alleged war hero who has become their school's new teacher.

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The Elementary School

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
[The Elementary School] a warm-hearted movie, and it has its moments of comic inspiration, but it's too rambling and unwound. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/19/2005
3/5
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 07/02/2003
3/5
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04/30/2017 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. See more 02/29/2012 Funny, charming episodic film. See more 09/29/2009 a pak ze tu nejsou cesky filmy :) See more 06/05/2009 "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. See more 11/04/2008 Another sour reminder that in terms of cinema we have a lot to learn from our southern neighbours. Great film! See more 03/08/2008 Zabavna ceska gorko-slatka komedijica! See more 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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