Summary
In 1963, Czechoslovak film productions for children were still utilising proven, conservative methods. One film that signalled a new refreshing dynamism, signalling the forthcoming vigour of the Czechoslovak New Wave, was this adventure of two little friends, directed by Pavel Hobl. The debuting director sends Pepík and Honzík on a voyage from the door of a kindergarten into a world in which reality and imagination merge. During their first self-dependent walk through Prague, the boys not only enter a museum, but even a realm of magic. The fragmented narration pays homage to the unrestrained imagination of children –it cannot be bound by adult persuasion over the nature of reality. The child roles are handled by Josef Filip and Ladislav Otčenášek. They portray the boys eagerly discovering the world, under the watchful eye of cameraman Jiří Vojta.
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