Summary
During the 1970s normalisation era, films for children and teenagers became safe, conflict-free terrain for many filmmakers. One such person was director Radim Cvrček, who had actually been making children’s films as far back as 1967’s Táňa a dva pistolníci (Tanya and the Two Sharp-Shooters), a feature-film comedy about the friendship between a young Soviet girl and two Czech village boys. Cvrček – a teacher by training – is known for often adding a slight fantastical element to his family stories. In this 1969 comedy, 11-year-old Míša dreams that he has become a grown-up. But despite the youngster’s expectations, adulthood is revealed to not merely be a state of absolute freedom; it can also bring many unpleasant encounters. The light-hearted film features director Cvrček in two roles, as the grown-up Míša, and also as Doctor Dvořák.
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