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7.3 1h 20m

The House of the Five Squirrels

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...

Top Cast

  • Míla Páčová

    Míla Páčová

    domácí Filoména Houbičková

  • Jindřich Plachta

    Jindřich Plachta

    domácí Josef Houbička

  • Růžena Nasková

    Růžena Nasková

    majitelka hodinářství Bety Mráčková

  • Jana Romanová

    Jana Romanová

    hodinářka Míla, dcera Mráčkové

  • Eva Klenová

    Eva Klenová

    fotografka Lída, dcera Mráčkové

  • Jan Pivec

    Jan Pivec

    malíř portrétista Jan Rezek

  • Ladislav Pešek

    Ladislav Pešek

    malíř krajinář Jiří Holec

  • Jaroslav Průcha

    Jaroslav Průcha

    mydlář Antonín Aloyz

  • Jaroslav Marvan

    Jaroslav Marvan

    hostinský "U děravého džbánu" Jan Pulec

Overview

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...

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