Directed by:
Karel KachyňaCinematography:
Josef IllíkComposer:
Miloš VacekCast:
Michal Koblic, Marie Magdolenová, Vladimír Hlavatý, Gustáv Valach, Vladimír Menšík, Oldřich Musil, Martin Ťapák, Stanislav Remunda, Miloslav Holub (more)Plots(1)
The film tells the story of a small Czech boy, František Bureš, freed by the Soviet Army from a Nazi concentration camp, who ends up fighting with Czechoslovak soldiers at the Dukla Pass. The soldiers from the field laundry he's assigned to love him. But Práče – nicknamed after the smallest of Hussite fighters – doesn't like it at the laundry. He tries to get into combat to prove his bravery. The soldiers then decide to teach František how to handle the gun and send him as a link to the artillery. The boy finally sees a real battlefield... (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Michal Koblic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/317/160317826_60efa0.jpg)
Michal Koblic
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Laundryboy (1960)
Horoucí srdce (1962)
Green Corn (1960)
Marie Magdolenová
Best movies:
Šťastie príde v nedeľu (1958)
Laundryboy (1960)
![Vladimír Hlavatý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268707_be7f28.jpg)
Vladimír Hlavatý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
![Gustáv Valach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270825_d80898.jpg)
Gustáv Valach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
![Vladimír Menšík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281807_61dfca.png)
Vladimír Menšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
![Oldřich Musil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275653_96a4ad.jpg)
Oldřich Musil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
![Martin Ťapák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436910_da3853.jpg)
Martin Ťapák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963)
Wolves' Lairs (1948)
![Stanislav Remunda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964271_5a98c2.jpg)
Stanislav Remunda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Capek's Tales (1947)
![Miloslav Holub](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274257_b22459.jpg)
Miloslav Holub
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Ear (1970)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Milan Holubář](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276104_9642ab.jpg)
Milan Holubář
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Christmas with Elizabeth (1968)
Poslední návrat (1982) (TV movie)
Smugglers of Death (1959)
![Bohuš Záhorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270439_31ce5a.jpg)
Bohuš Záhorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
František Krahulík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Honour and Glory (1968)
Naši furianti (1971) (theatrical recording)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
![Eva Jiroušková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/531/160531607_1e4b5b.jpg)
Eva Jiroušková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Cow (1993)
Hope (1963)
![Svatopluk Skládal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268670_a81361.jpg)
Svatopluk Skládal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Jiří Těšík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Portrait (1947)
Laundryboy (1960)
Dvaasedmdesátka (1948)
Hana Houbová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Bratranec Pons (1973) (TV movie)
Otcové a děti (1971) (TV movie)
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
![Otakar Žebrák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126190_32e227.jpg)
Otakar Žebrák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Accused (1964)
The Jester's Tale (1964)
![Jindřich Narenta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268716_d15abe.jpg)
Jindřich Narenta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Cremator (1968)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
![Jan Pohan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268724_881ab4.jpg)
Jan Pohan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
![Josef Vondráček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319158_c0754e.jpg)
Josef Vondráček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)